ASSIGNMENT:
- Assume the identity of one writer.
- Know the facts
- likes, dislikes
- accomplishments
- ideas about social & historical happenings
- Bring information that you can fit on one index card.
- Bring one three-dimensional prop and be able to explain to us
why it is important to you.
- Bibliography
OPTIONAL:
- Dressing in full costume
- Cooking food
PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION:
- Your full name
- Your place of birth (including country)
- Which party you are attending, how old you are, and what you are
accomplishing at this time (either 1840 or 1914)
- Your literary accomplishments--poetry? plays? short stories? novels/
essays? other? (Know titles & dates of publications.) What is
your favorite or best known work(s)? What is it about?
- Your interests--tell something about other things that are important
to you.
- Your attitude toward at least two things that happened during
the reign of Queen Victoria.(1837-1901); see your text for additional
information.
- Some interest (other than writing) that you have in common with
one of the other guests--be specific; would your ideas be similar
to or different from the ideas of this other person?
USING THE LIBRARY:
- Use the library catalog to find books that include information
about your author.(Subject searches require using author's last
name then their first name.)
- Look up your author or use a general book about British or world
authors that might include information about your author.
- Be sure to use books from the reference section
RECIPES
British
Authors, Reference Books in the L.R. Library Collection
British Authors Before 1800: A Biographical
Dictionary. New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1952.**
REF 920.03 K
A companion volume to American
Authors: 1600-1900, British Authors of the Nineteenth Century, The
Junior Book of Authors, and Twentieth Century Authors.
Biographies of 650 authors from the beginning of English literature
to Cowper and Burns. Many copies of portraits of the artists are
included with major works and suggestions for further reading.
British Authors of the Nineteenth
Century. New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1936.**
REF 920.03 K
A single volume that includes brief
accounts of the lives of major and minor British authors who published
most of their work between 1800 and 1900. Authors are included from
the British Empire (Canada, Australia, S. Africa and New Zealand).
Cyclopedia of World Authors. New
York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1958.***
REF 920 C
More than 750 men and women are included
in this alphabetically arranged single volume. Each entry includes
highly selective bibliographical information recommended for further
study.
Discovering Authors. CD-ROM.
Vers. 3.0. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000.***
Accessable only from PCs not Macintosh
Computers; Should be an icon on the desktop.
This excellent database includes author;
title; literary eras, movements, and genres and custom searches;
timeline; literary glossary; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary;
picture gallery; and full-text search for any word or phrase. Includes
more than 500 author portraits.
European Authors, 1000-1900.
New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1967.**
REF 920.03 K
Inclusion in this book means that the
author was born in continental Europe after the year 1000 and died
before 1925. Almost 1000 writers of 31 literatures are included.
Literary Movements for Students.
2 vols. New York: Gale, 2002.
REF 809.91 LIT
MacNee, Marie J. Science Fiction,
Fantasy, and Horror Writers. New York: U-X-L, 1995.**
REF 809.3 SCI
Two volume set containing 80 alphabetically
listed authors of the genres noted in the title. Vital information
about each author including photos, biographical sketch, a short
list of best known works, and sources of additional information.
St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers.
New York: St. James Press, 1996.**
REF 809.3 SAI
The first volume of a proposed two
volume set. Each entry includes a brief biography of an adult fantasy
author, a complete list of works and a signed critical essay.
Twentieth Century Authors: A
Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. New York: The H.W.
Wilson Company, 1942.*
REF 920.03 K
Approximately 1850 sketches of writers
of fiction, poetry, history, biography, criticism, etc. from any
nation who have published during the twentieth century are included
in this work. (NOTE: published in 1942, authors are actually from
the first half of the 20th century.)
Twentieth Century Authors: First
Supplement. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1955.*
REF 920.03 K
This update brings 700 new biographies
of authors who have become known since 1942 into print. Foreign
authors have been included if their work is available to English
speaking audiences.
Cruttenden Aidan. The Victorians: English Literature
in its Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts. New York: Facts On
File, Inc., 2003.
REF 820.92 CRU
World Authors: 1950-1970: A Companion
Volume to Twentieth Century Authors. New York: The H.W. Wilson
Co., 1975.**
REF 920.03 WOR
Alphabetical arrangement which includes
959 authors who came into prominence between 1950 and 1970.
World Authors: 1970-1975. (Authors
Series) New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1980.**
REF 920.03 WOR
Provides an alphabetical arrangement
of biographical or autobiographical information for 348 influential
and popular authors from 1970-1975.
World Authors: 1975-1980. (Authors
Series) New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1985.**
REF 920.03 WOR
Profiles of 379 writers alphabetically
arranged.
World Authors: 1980-1985. (Authors
Series) New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 1991.**
REF 920.03 WOR
Provides an alphabetical arrangement
of biographical or autobiographical information for 320 contemporary
authors from 1980-1985.
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