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Creative Writing: Poetry - ENG 203P -- Bibliography
 
Reference Works
Biographical Sources
R 820.9 / A5126 American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies
R 820.9 / B826 British Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies
R 821.914 / C761 / 2001 Contemporary Poets, 7th edition. [online]
R 928.2 / D554 Dictionary of Literary Biography [online]
R 809.894 / E89 European Writers
R 809.04 / W927 World Authors
Encyclopedias and Handbooks
R 821.9109 / C737 A Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry
R 821.9109 / O98 Oxford Companion to Twenteieth Century Poetry in English
Criticism Collections
R 820.9 / C761 Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) [online]
R 809 / L7765 Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 (LC) [online]
R 809.04 / N714 Nineteenth-Century Criticism (NCLC) [online]
R 809.04 / T9713 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) [online]
R 801.95 / C934 Critical Survey of Literary Theory (1987)
R 821.009 / C934 Critical Survey of Poetry: English Series (1992)
   
 
JOURNALS
Hutchins Library currently has print or online full-text subscriptions to the journals listed below, as well as many others that may be helpful in your research about poets and poetry. BANC can provide detailed information concerning each print periodical, plus information about journals we no longer subscribe to, or titles that have ceased publication. The link to Full-Text Journals will take you to a database with links to full-text online journals (search by journal title).
 

American Poetry Review
Beloit Poetry Journal
Boundary 2
Callaloo
Confrontation
Emily Dickinson journal
Kennebec journal
Kenyon review
MLN

Manoa
New Literary History
Parnassus. Poetry in review
PN review
Poetics Today
Poetry
Poetry East
Poets and Writers
Victorian poetry

Digital Indexes and Databases

Humanities Abstracts (1984 to the present)
This citation database includes literature. Previous to 1984, the index is available in print, housed on first floor in Periodical H.

Literature Online (Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest)
“...a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 136 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.” (from the web site)

 

 Poets on Screen (part of Literature Online)
"The Poets On Screen Library contains 845 clips of poets reading their own and other poets' work. You will need to have RealPlayer or Windows Media Player installed on your PC to view these clips. [The] list is arranged alphabetically by reader and author surname .... You can also view a list arranged alphabetically by poem title." (from the website) Here is a link to the author page for Edgar Allan Poe.
Academic Search Premier
This database provides full-text access to variety of disciplines including poetry and literature. Full text is limited and many journals are citation or abstract only.
MLA Modern Language Bibliography (1963 to present)
MLA focuses on language and literature, but does not review scholarly or literary works.
Print Indexes - Located in the Reference stacks
R 820 / G758i Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry
Index P Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906)
   
Selected Internet Sites
  Additional Resources
English, Theatre and Speech Communication Department
Additional information and sources can also be found on various pages of the English, Theatre and Speech Communication Department's Site.

For further information about information sources please contact the Library Liaison for this course, Julia Dickinson, 985 - 3372.