Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 37. Biographical essays of major literary figures in the early American republic. Essays include list of publications, full-length biographies and location of primary-source material. Table of contents, "plan of the series," foreword by the editor, and acknowledgements. Black and white illustrations. Two appendices (includes essay by the editor, "A Crisis of Culture: The Changing Role of Religionin the New Republic"), supplementary reading list and cumulative index. Publisher's press release laid in.