Poetry
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The Poet’s Dictionary: A
Handbook of Prosody and Poetic Devices |
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Written by William Packard |
Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1989
ISBN: 978-0060161309 |
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no: R 808.1 P125p |
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handbook defines the tools, terms, and techniques of poetry.
Arranged alphabetically from "accent" to "zeugma," The Poets
Dictionary is clear, superb, and complete |
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The New Book of Forms: A
Handbook of Poetics |
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Written by Lewis Turco |
University Press of New England,
Hanover, NH 1986
ISBN: 978-0874513806 |
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no: R 808.1 T843n |
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| Contains
over three hundred verse forms, each succinctly described in
prose and, where necessary, with a schematic diagram. Many
entries are followed by examples drawn from modern English poems
that use the form and by references to well-known poems written
in it. Each entry ends with complete cross-references so that
readers can discover relationships and similarities among many
of the forms. |
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The Columbia Granger’s Index
to Poetry |
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Edited by Edith P. Hazen and Deborah J. Fryer |
Columbia University Press, New York,
NY, 1990
ISBN: 978-0231071048 |
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no: R 808.81 G766c |
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| Includes
poems indexed from more than 400 anthologies. |
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Immortal poems of the English
language: An Anthology |
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Edited by Oscar Williams |
Washington Square Press., New York,
NY, 1952
ISBN: 978-0671496104 |
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no: R 808.81 IMM |
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| Contains
the best-known works of the British and American masters. |
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Poet’s Choice: Poems for
Everyday Life |
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Selected by Robert Hass |
Ecco Press, Hopewell,
NJ, 1998
978-0880015660 |
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no: R 809.1 HAS |
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| "Poet's
Choice," a nationally syndicated column appearing in twenty-five
papers has introduced a poem a week to readers across the
country. This collection gathers the full two years worth of
Hass's choices, including recently published poems as well as
older classics. |
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Masterplots II: Poetry Series
(8 volumes) |
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Edited by Philip K. Jason |
Salem Press, Pasadena,
CA, 2002
ISBN: 978-1587650376 |
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no: R 809.1 MAS |
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Masterplots poetry series is an essential tool for anyone
researching individual poems. Numerous contributors from
American colleges and universities write about 1,386 frequently
anthologized poems. Each 3-page entry has three parts general
comments, forms and devices, themes and meanings preceded by the
poet's name and date(s), type of poem, and date of first
publication. Volume eight contains the following appendices: a
sufficient prosodic glossary that usually includes a few
illustrative examples; a bibliography of general works on
poetry, and individualized bibliographies for each poet.
Multiple indexes list poems by title, author,
geographical/ethnic region (6 continents and 4 US ethnic
groups), and type of poem (18 in all, including ballad, mock
epic, and verse essay). |
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Poetry Criticism: Excerpts
From Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely
Studied Poets of World Literature (63 volumes) |
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Compiled by Gale Research |
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Thomson Gale, Detroit,
MI, 2004 |
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no: R 809.1 POE |
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Encyclopedia of Poetry and
Poetics |
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Edited by Alex Preminger |
Princeton University Press,
Princeton, NJ, 1974
ISBN: 978-0691062808 |
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no: R 809.103 ENC |
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A comprehensive
reference work dealing with all aspects of its subject: history,
types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology. Entries
include those on cultural criticism, discourse, feminist
poetics, and Chicano poetry |
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Dictionary of Literary
Biography |
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Compiled by Gale Research |
Gale Research Co., Detroit,
MI, 19
ISBN: 978- |
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no: R 810.9 D561 |
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Survey of American Poetry
(10 volumes) |
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Edited by Granger |
Poetry Anthology Press., Great Neck,
NY, 1982
ISBN: 978-0896092990 |
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no: R 811 Su79 |
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Contemporary Women Poets |
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Edited by Pamela L. Shelton |
St. James Press, Detroit, MI, 1997
ISBN: 978-1558623569 |
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no: R 811.5409 CON |
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Biographical and bibliographic information on the leading women
at the forefront of today's poetry. Contemporary Women Poets
features 250 of the most prominent women poets whose works are
available in English -- 100 of whom are new to St. James'
Contemporary Writers Series. |
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Critical Survey of Poetry:
Foreign Language Series (5 volumes) |
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Edited by Frank N. Magill |
Salem Press, Englewood, NJ, 1984
ISBN: 978-0893563509 |
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no: R 821.009 C869 |
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The New Oxford Book of
English Verse, 1250-1950 |
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Edited by Helen Gardner |
Oxford University Press, New York,
NY, 1972
ISBN: 978-0198121367 |
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no: R 821.08 N42 |
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| Chosen
by the distinguished scholar and critic, Dame Helen Gardner, the
book makes available in one volume the full range and variety of
English non-dramatic verse. Reflecting the full richness and
diversity of English verse, the selection combines love poetry
and satire, historical recollection and literary tribute,
committed religious, moral, or political opinion and light
verse. |
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The Home Book of Verse:
American and English; with an appendix containing a few
well-known poems in other languages (2 volumes) |
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Selected by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY, 1953
ISBN: 978-0030280351 |
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no: R 821.08 St4ho9 |
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Chadwyck-Healey Literature
Collections - Twentieth-Century American Poetry and
Twentieth-Century English Poetry |
Twentieth-Century American Poetry
- This collection includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes
by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu,
Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace
Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song.
Twentieth-Century English Poetry - A collection of 598
volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to the present day,
including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Wilfred
Owen, Thom Gunn, Fleur Adcock, Paul Muldoon, Tony Harrison,
Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy, and incorporating the
poets in The Faber Poetry Library.
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Archives Commission (TSLAC) for use by registered patrons of
Texas public libraries.
Please ask your librarian for a login and password.
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