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One source for books for poetry can be found in the Library Catalog. Using a general Subject search term of Poetry will display a list of more specific terms and number of items in the catalog. Simply click on the term to see the individual listings.
Electronic Books (eBooks) on poetry can be found by following the links below.
Selected Print Books (Reference)
Specialized
Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works Ref PN 1021 .G78
Contemporary Poets Ref PR 603 .C6
Guide to American Poetry Explication Ref Z 1231 .P7 G85
Last Lines; An Index to Last Lines of Poetry Ref PN 1022 . K55
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Ref PN 1021 .N39
Poetry Handbook; A Dictionary of Terms Ref PN 1021 .D3
Words to Rhyme With: for Poets and Song Writers Ref PE 1519 .E87
General
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia Ref PN 41 .B4
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Ref PN 86 .C573
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms Ref PN 41 .C67
Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series Ref Z 1224 .C762
Contemporary Authors; a Bio-Bibliographical Guide Ref Z 1224 .C76
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref PN 771.C59
Contemporary Novelists Ref PR 881.C69
Critical Heritage Series (individual volumes of criticism of major writers) various call numbers
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters Ref PN 44 .M3
Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref PN 501 .D5
Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms Ref PN 41 .D4794
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Ref PN 81 .C97 J67
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 Ref PN 86 .L56
Modern Black Writers Ref PN 841 .M58
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism Ref PN 761 .N56
Research Guide to Biography and Criticism Ref Z 2011 .R47
Survey of Contemporary Literature Ref PN 44 .M34
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Ref PN 771 .G27
American and British
Bibliography of British Literary Bibliographies Ref Z 2011 .A1 H68
Modern American Literature Ref PS 221 .M53
Modern American Women Writers Ref PS 151 .M54
Oxford Companion to African American Literature Ref PS 153 .N5 O96 or Electronic Book available in NetLibrary
Oxford Companion to American Literature Ref PS 21 .H325
Oxford Companion to English Literature Ref PR 19 .D73
Reference Guide to American Literature Ref PS 21 .R43
International
African Writers Ref PL 8010 .A453
Contemporary Foreign Language Writers Ref PN 771 .C585
Dictionary of Mexican Literature Ref PQ 7106 .D53
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century Ref PN 771 .E5
European Writers Ref PN 501 .E9
Guide to French Literature Ref PQ 41 .L48
Handbook of Russian Literature Ref PG 2940 .H29
Great Foreign Language Writers Ref PN 524 .G74
Latin American Writers Ref PQ 7081 .A1 L37
New Oxford Companion to Literature in French Ref PQ 41 .N48
Oxford Companion to German Literature Ref PT 41 .G3<
Oxford Companion to Irish Literature Ref PR 8706 .O88
Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature Ref PQ 6006 .O93
Spanish American Authors; the Twentieth Century Ref PQ 7081 .3 F57
Shakespeare
The Essential Shakespeare: an Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies Ref Z 8811 .C53
Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare Ref PR 2892 .S63
Quotable Shakespeare: A Topical Dictionary Ref PR 2892 .D37
Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare Ref PR 2892 .C3
Shakespeare A to Z; the Essential Reference&. Ref PR 2892 .B69
Shakespeare Glossary Ref PR 2892 .O6
Shakespeare Survey Ref PR 2888 .C3