British writers.  Supplement XVI  [electronic resource] / 
Jay Parini, editor. 
 - Detroit :  Charles Scribner's Sons,  2010. 
 - 1 online resource (lvi, 500 p.). 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Lacelles Abercrombie / Tyler Hoffman -- John Arburthnot / Christopher Vilmar -- William Boyd / C.L. Samuelson -- Ron Butlin / Brian Hoyle -- John Byrom / Tim Underhill -- Thomas Campion / Benjamin Ivry -- Hannah Cowley / Druann Bauer -- Erasmus Darwin / Adam Komisaruk -- Andrew Greig / Les Wilkinson -- Patrick Hamilton / Rob Sullivan -- Charles Kingsley / Sandie Byrne -- Henry Mayhew / Fred Bilson -- Queen Elizabeth I / Jane Beal -- J.K. Rowling / Charles Baker -- William Soutar / Helena Nelson -- Rosemary Sutcliff / Abby Mims -- Catherine Trotter / Sayanti Ganguly Pucket -- John Wain / Dale Salwak. 
<br/><br/> Covers writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the fourteenth century to the present day. Includes in-depth critical and biographical analysis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780684317106 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English literature--History and criticism.<br/>English literature--Bio-bibliography.<br/>Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.<br/>Commonwealth literature (English)--Bio-bibliography.<br/>Authors, English--Biography.<br/>Authors, Commonwealth--Biography.