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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century: Containing Over Forty-six Thousand Articles (authors), with Forty Indexes of Subject

Samuel Austin Allibone

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First published: 1871

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This expansive volume serves as a foundational reference for the study of American literature, cataloging an immense range of authors through more than forty-six thousand articles. By organizing this vast body of information with forty distinct subject indexes, it offers a structured and comprehensive look at the historical progression of writers from the earliest records into the nineteenth century.

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Samuel Austin Allibone compiled this monumental reference work over the course of twenty years, with the first volume appearing in 1858 and the final supplemental volumes completing the set in 1891. Designed as an exhaustive biographical and bibliographical resource, Allibone sought to catalog the intellectual output of the English-speaking world from the earliest historical records through the mid-nineteenth century.

The dictionary is widely considered a landmark of Victorian-era literary scholarship. Allibone’s methodology involved meticulous cross-referencing and the compilation of forty distinct subject indexes, an ambitious organizational feat for the time. Upon its release, it earned significant praise from contemporary scholars and critics for its utility and scope, remaining a standard reference tool in research libraries for decades.

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