Each volume in this Documentary Series concentrates on the major figures of a particular literary period, movement, or genre. Individual author entries chronicle each writer's career through a selection of literary documents, including letters, notebook and diary entries, interviews and contemporary book reviews.

Like other volumes in the series, this work discusses the lives and careers of individual authors and summarizes critical responses to their work, from initial publication to 1997. This volume features Italian novelists since World War II.

An illustrated compendium of the current literary scene, covering the last 1995/1996 literary highlights, including obituaries and tributes.

Like other volumes in the series, this work discusses the lives and careers of individual authors and summarizes critical responses to their work. This volume features German Renaissance writers.