Each volume concentrates on the major figures of a particular literary period, movement or genre. Entries are generously illustrated with facsimiles of manuscripts and revised galley proofs, title pages, dust jackets and pictures from the authors' lives. (Note: this series has been discontinued, however new Documentary volumes will be published periodically in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series.)
"Recommended." -- Library Journal (11/15/98) (on Vol. 17: The House of Scribner, 1931-1984)
— Library Journal
"The continuing DLB series has maintained its exemplary standards of scholarly integrity that for fully two decades have distinguished it from other literary research tools." -- ARBA (American Reference Books Annual) 1999
— ARBA
