Poetry Studies Resources

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Concordances To Poetry

Bradshaw, John. A Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Milton. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1965.
Ref PR 3595 .B7 1965

Combs, Homer Carroll and Zay Rusk Sullens. A Concordance to the English Poems of John Donne. New York: Haskell     
    House, 1969.  Ref PR 2248 .A3 1969

Dilligan, Robert J. and Todd K. Bender, comps. A Concordance to the English Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Madison: 
    University of Wisconsin Press, 1970.  Ref PR 4803 .H44 Z49 1970

Mann, Cameron, comp. A Concordance to the English Poems of George Herbert. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.
Ref PR 3508 .M3

Matovich, Richard M., ed. A Concordance to the Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath. New York: Garland Pub., 1986.
Ref PS 3566 .L27 Z459 1986

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Dictionaries

Drury, John. The Poetry Dictionary. Cincinnati, OH: Story Press, 1995.  Ref PN 1021 .D78 1995

Myers, Jack Elliott. Longman Dictionary and Handbook of Poetry. New York: Longman, 1985.  Ref PN 1021 .M94 1985

Smith, Eric. A Dictionary of Classical Reference in English Poetry. Woodbridge, Suffolk: D.S. Brewer; Totowa, N.J.: Barnes & 
    Noble, 1984.  Ref PR 508 .C68 S63 1984

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Encyclopedias

Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, eds. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton 
    University Press, 1993.  Ref PN 1021 .N39 1993

Williams, Miller. Patterns of Poetry: An Encyclopedia of Forms. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986.
Ref PN 1042 .W514 1986

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General Poetry Resources

Bain, Robert and Joseph M. Flora, eds. Contemporary Poets, Dramatists, Essayists, and Novelists of the South: A 
    Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Westport Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.  Ref PS 261 .C568 1994

Baughman, Ronald, ed. Contemporary Authors Bibliographic Series: Volume 2: American Poets. Detroit: Gale Research, 
    1986.  Ref PN 771 .C62 v.2

Gardner, Helen, ed. The New Oxford Book Of English Verse, 1250-1950. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972.
    Ref PR 1174 .G3

Hamilton, Ian, ed. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English. Oxford [England]; New York: Oxford 
    University Press, 1994.  Ref PR 601 .O9 1994

Jackson, J. R. de J. (James Robert de Jager). Romantic Poetry by Women : A Bibliography, 1770-1835. Oxford [England]: 
    Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.  Ref PR 508 .W6 J32 1993

Kuntz, Joseph Marshall. Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems Past and 
    Present. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1980.  Ref PR 502 .K86 1980 c.2

Magill, Frank N. Critical Survey of Poetry. English Language Series. Revised Edition. 8 Vols. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 
    1992.  Ref PN 1021 .C6 1992 v.1-v.8

Murphy, Rosalie, ed. Contemporary Poets of the English Language. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1970.
    Ref PN 1021 .C58 1971

Quartermain, Peter. American Poets:1800-1945. Detroit: Gale Research, 1987. Ref PS 21 .D5 v. 54 pt. 1&2

Riggs, Thomas. Contemporary Poets. 6th Edition. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1995.  Ref PR 603 .C6 1995

Shields, Ellen F. Contemporary English Poetry: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism to 1980. New York: Garland, 1984.
    Ref PR 601 .S47 1984

Young, Robyn V., ed. Poetry Criticism: Excerpts From Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets
    of World Literature. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1991-.  Ref PN 1010 .P499 v.1-v.19

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Guides and Handbooks

Guide to American Poetry Explication. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989.  Ref PS 221 .L46 v.1&2

McPheron, William. The Bibliography of Contemporary American Poetry, 1945-1985: An Annotated Checklist. Westport,     
    Conn.: Meckler, 1986.  Ref PS 323.5 .M255 1986

Mell, Donald Charles. English Poetry, 1660-1800: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1982.
    Ref PR 551 .M444

Preminger, Alex ed. The Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986.
    Ref PN 1042 .P75 1986

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Indexes

Chapman, Dorothy. Index To Black Poetry. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1974.  Ref PS 153 .N5 C45

Frankovich, Nicholas, ed. The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies. 11th Edition. Completely Revised, Indexing  
     Anthologies Published Through January 31, 1997 New York: Columbia University Press,1997.  
    Ref PN 1022 .H39 1997

The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.
    Ref PN 1022 .C63 1996

Guy, Patricia A. Women's Poetry Index. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1985.  Ref PN 1024 .G89 1985

Hoffman, Herbert H, comp. International Index to Recorded Poetry. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1983.
    Ref PN 1022 .H63 1983

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Periodic Literature

**All Periodicals Are Shelved Alphabetically By Title On The First Floor Of Randall Library**

Poet Lore. The Writer's Center. Bethesda, MD. Published Quarterly. (Library has v.71(1976)-94(2000)-.

Poetics Today. Duke University Press. Durham, NC. Published Quarterly. Library has Paper v.1(1979); 3(1982)-5(1984); 7(1986)-21(2002); Full Text JSTOR UNCW users, v.1(1979)-20(1999).

Poetry. Modern Poetry Association. Chicago, IL. Published Monthly. Library has Mfilm v.1(1912)-113(1969); Paper v.110(1967)-178(2003)-.

Poets & Writers Magazine. Poets & Writers, Inc. New York. Published Bi-Monthly . Library has v.22:1(1994)-29(2003)-.

Ploughshares. Emerson College. Boston, MA. Published Three Times Per Year. Library has 20(1994)-26(2002/03)-.
 

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Electronic Resources (Off campus access requires a Library PIN number (see My Library Record).

African-American Poetry	African-American poets in the late 18th and 19th centuries. (1750-1900)
American Poetry	American poets from the Colonial Period to the early 20th century. Chadwyck-Healey

English Poetry

English poetic canon from 600 to 1900. Chadwick-Healey

The Faber Poetry Library

Poets of the twentieth century. Chadwyck-Healey

20th Century African-American Poetry	African American poets of the 20th century. Chadwyck-Healey
20th Century American Poetry	American poetry from the early 20th century to the present. Chadwyck-Healey
20th Century English  Poetry	598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to the present day.

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Web Resources

General Sites
Book Lovers Page [http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/]
Dr. Rene's Poetry Cafe [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~rplume/poetry/poetry.html]
Great Writers and Poets [http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html]
Poetry On The Web [http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1416/]
The Atlantic Monthly's Poetry Pages [http://www.theatlantic.com/atlantic/atlweb/poetry/poetpage.htm]
The Poetry Resource: Links to Poets [http://www.pmpoetry.com/]
The Poetry Web Ring [http://www.photoaspects.com/poetry/]
Yahoo Poetry Resources [http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Poetry/]

Individual Poet Studies Sites
Emily Dickinson International Society [http://www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/edisindex.html]

Online Journals
Janus Head [http://www.janushead.org/]
Keats-Shelly Journal [http://www.luc.edu/publications/keats-shelley/ksjweb.htm]
The Kenyon Review [http://www.kenyonreview.com/]
The Nimrod International Literary Journal [http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod/]
Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry and Translation [http://www.paintbrush.org]
Poetry Magazine [http://www.poetrymagazine.org/]

Organizations
The Academy of American Poets [http://www.poets.org/]
The National Poetry Foundation [http://www.ume.maine.edu/~npf/]

Poetry Archives
Poetry Archives: 1780 - 1910 [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html]
The Internet Poetry Archive [http://sunsite.unc.edu/dykki/poetry/]
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/modeng0.browse.html]

Last Update: December 12, 2005