Poetry and Short Story Reviews and Criticism
Finding articles on specific poetry
- Martinez, Nancy C., and Joseph G. R. Martinez.
Guide to British Poetry Explication. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991. (016.82109 M363G / English
Library Reference)
- Collects citations to criticism on
individual poems under author headings. Like
American Poetry Explication, often the first and best place to go for such criticism.
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Poetry Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991-. (Q. 809.1 P7532 / English Library
Reference)
- A Multi-volume set which provides an introduction to major poets from all eras and
nationalities. Each volume selects 8-10 authors and reprints selected criticism of their works. The
most recent volume indexes all previous volumes.
- Ruppert, James, and John R. Leo.
Guide to American Poetry Explication. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1989. (016.81109 G941 / English
Library Reference)
- Collects citations to criticism on
individual poems under author headings. Often the first and best place to go for
such criticism.
Finding where a poem has been published
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The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies. Ed. Nicholas Frankovich. 11th ,
completely rev. ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. (016.8081 G76I1997 / English Library
Reference)
- Indexes poems which have been published in anthologies. Provides an index for Title, First
Line, Last Line, Author, and Subject.
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The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works. Eds. Nicholas
Frankovich and Edith Granger. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. (016.8081 G76I1996 /
English Library Reference)
- As opposed to Anthologies, this volume indexes poems which have appeared in collected or
selected editions by major poets. Provides an index for Title, First Line, Author, and
Subject.
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The
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
.
- Online database with various search options to help you locate where a poem has been printed.
This electronic resource also contains commentaries, biographies that are followed by a short
bibliography, notes on form and a glossary of prosodic terms.
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Index of American Periodical Verse. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1973-. (016.80881 IN23
/ English Library Reference)
- Indexes poems which have appeared in magazines or journals between 1971-1996. Annual
volumes.
Full-Text Poetry Databases
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The
American Poetry Database
:
- Features the works of more than 200 American poets, along with six landmark anthologies of
American poetry. The database gathers the works of the most influential American poets, from the
Colonial period to the early twentieth century.
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Poets' Corner:
- A general poetry source arranged by Author and Title. Reprints selected poems by a variety of
authors, though they lack citations for print versions of the poems.
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Representative
Poetry On-Line
:
- University of Toronto's searchable full-text database of English poetry from the medieval
period to the early twentieth century.
Biographical Resources
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Contemporary
Authors
:
- A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry,
journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Provides complete biographical
and bibliographical references for more than 90,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world.
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Contemporary Poets. Ed. Thomas Riggs. 6th ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1996. (Q.928.21
C7671996 / English Library Reference)
- Provides brief biographical and bibliographic information for poets, as well as contact
information when available.
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Dictionary of
Literary Biography (DLB)
:
- Documents the lives and careers of authors from all eras and genres. As DLB is augmented
several times over the course of a year, it will grow to include essays on more than 6,000
authors.
Classroom Resources
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The Modern American Poetry Site
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- Maintained here at the University of Illinois, MAPS includes a range of resources for teachers
and students of modern American poetry, including syllabi, biographical information, excerpted
interviews, and criticism
Short Story Reviews and Criticism
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Short Story Criticism. Detroit: Gale Research, 1988-. (Q.809.31 SH81 / English Library
Reference)
- A Multi-volume set which provides an introduction to major short story writers from all eras
and nationalities. Each volume selects 8-10 authors and reprints selected criticism of their short
stories. The most recent volume indexes all previous volumes.
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Short Story Index. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1953-. (A.808.3C77S / English Library Reference)
- Indexes where Short Stories have been published. The first volume supersedes the
Index to Short Stories published in 1923 and additional volumes index through 1995.
- Walker, Warren S., and Barbara K. Walker.
Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication: Interpretations 1900-1975 of Short Fiction Since
1800. 3rd ed. Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press, 1977. [With supplements.] (016.8093 W15T /
English Library Reference)