Poetry Criticism

Text of Poems
How to Locate Poems
Poems Online
Poem Indexes in Reference
Searching the Online Catalog for Poems

Poetry Criticism and Poet Biographies
Databases
Links
Criticism and Biography Reference Books
Searching the Online Catalog for Poetry Criticism and Biography

See Also:
Literary Criticism and Biography
Drama Criticism
William Shakespeare

Gale Research Literary Resources guide

Children's and Young Adult Literature
French Literature
Spanish Literature
 


This guide lists starting points for locating information on Literature and Poetry Criticism. For more resources, please consult the Library's homepage or consult a reference librarian for assistance (423) 614-8562.
 

Text of Poems

How to Locate Poems

1. Consult poetry databases and websites using the resources suggested in the Poems Online section below.

2. Consult poetry indexes listed in the Poem Indexes section below.

3. Search the the online catalog. See Searching the Online Catalog below for searching tips.

Poems Online

Databases

Lit Finder

Links

American Verse Project
A collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press, the Project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.

British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
By the University of California, Davis.

Literature in English (Voice of the Shuttle)

Poets.org (Academy of American Poets)

Sonnets Central

Poem Indexes in Reference

Granger's Index to Poetry (Columbia University Press, 1960-2002)
Ref. PN1022 .G7

Index to Poetry in Music: A Guide to the Poetry Set As Solo Songs by 125 Major Song Composers (Routledge, 2003)
Ref. ML128.S3 B69 2003

Searching the Online Catalog for Poems

To locate poems by a particular poet:
Conduct a "Basic Search/Author Search" on the poet's name (last name first).
example: Frost, Robert (Author Search)

To locate particular types of poems:
Conduct a "Basic Search/Subject Search" or a "Basic Search/Keyword Search" for the type of poetry. Following are some suggested subject headings.
example: sonnets (Subject Search)

General
POETICS
POETRY
SONGS

Particular Types of Poems

Examples:
BALLADS
EPIC POETRY
LIMERICKS
LYRIC POETRY
MYTHOLOGY
NARRATIVE POETRY
ODES

Poems in a Particular Language
Language POETRY
Examples:
FRENCH POETRY
SPANISH POETRY

Poems about a Particular Topic
Topic - POETRY
Example:
DOGS - POETRY

Poems by (or) for a Particular Group or Nationality

Examples:
AFRICAN AMERICANS - POETRY
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN POETRY
CHILDREN'S POETRY
ENGLISH LITERATURE
ENGLISH POETRY
FOLK LITERATURE, INDIAN
FOLK POETRY
INDIAN POETRY
YOUNG ADULT POETRY

Religious Poetry
BIBLE - O.T.
BIBLE - O.T. - LANGUAGE, STYLE
BIBLE - O.T. - PSALMS
CHRISTIAN POETRY
HEBREW POETRY, BIBLICAL
HYMNS
JESUS CHRIST - POETRY
JEWISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE
JUDAISM - LITURGY
LITURGICAL LANGUAGE
LITURGICS
RELIGIOUS POETRY

Writing Poetry
POETRY - AUTHORSHIP
POETRY - STUDY AND TEACHING
 


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Poetry Criticism and Poet Biographies

Databases
The following databases may be accessed from the Library's homepage
.

Biography Resource Center
Full-text database of biographical information on more than 220,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Literary Index (Gale)
Index to Gale Research's literary reference tools. Identify the reference tools you need, then identify their call number location by consulting the Gale Research Literary Resources guide. No full text.

Literature Resource Center
Full-text database of biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors.

LitFinder
LitFinder provides access to full-text poems, short stories, essays, speeches, and plays and includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.

MLA International Bibliography
Index to language, literature, linguistics, and folklore scholarly literature. No full text.

Links

Literature in English (Voice of the Shuttle)

Modern American Poetry

Criticism and Biography Reference Books

See also the Library's guide: Literary Criticism and Biography.

Contemporary Poets (St. James Press, 1991)
Ref.
PR603 .C6 1991

Critical Survey of Poetry (Salem Press, 1982, supplement 1987)
Ref.
PR502 .C85, supplement - Ref. PR502 .C852 1987

Critical Survey of Poetry: Foreign Language Series (Salem Press, 1984)
Ref. PN1021 .C7 1984

Masterplots II: Poetry Series (Salem Press, 1992)
Ref. PN1110.5 .M37 1992

New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (Princeton University Press, 1993)
Ref. PN1021 .N39 1993

Poetry Criticism (Gale Research, 1991- )
Ref. PN1126 .P26

Poetry Explication (Swallow Press, 1980)
Ref. PR502 .K8 1980

Traditional Epics: A Literary Companion (Oxford University Press, 1995)
Ref. PN56.E65 J33 1995

Searching the Online Catalog for Poetry Criticism and Biography

Go to the Library's online catalog:

To locate information about a particular poet or that poet's works:
Conduct a Basic Subject Search on the poet's name (last name first).
Browse to find the type of material you need.
Example Search:
Frost, Robert (Subject Search) Skim for appropriate topics:
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 - Bibliography
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 - Concordances
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 - Criticism and interpretation

To locate criticism of a particular type of poetry:
Using the subject headings suggested in the Searching the Online Catalog for Poetry section above, conduct a Basic Subject Search in the online catalog.
Browse to find the type of material you need.
Example Search:
American poetry (Subject Search) Skim for appropriate topics:
American poetry
American poetry - 20th Century - Criticism and interpretation
 



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