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- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowPublished by Oxford University Press, it is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database containing dictionaries, language reference and subject reference works.
- Oxford Handbooks Online: Literature This link opens in a new windowOxford Handbooks Online: Literature publishes original, peer reviewed, research reviews covering the key issues and exploring major debates in literature.
- Cambridge Companions Complete Collection This link opens in a new windowThe Cambridge Companions present collections of essays written by leading experts in the field on themes, subjects, and key figures in three broad areas: Literature and Classics; Philosophy, Religion, and Culture; and Music.
The Cambridge Introduction to Modernist Poetry by Location: Mugar Stacks PN1271 .H69 2012 and OnlinePublication Date: 2011This wide-ranging introduction takes readers through modernism's most famous poems and some of its forgotten highlights to show why modernists thought difficulty and disorientation essential for poetry in the modern world.
The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Poetry by Location: Mugar Stacks PR605.M63 C36 2007 and OnlinePublication Date: 2007This Companion offers the most comprehensive overview available of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts.
Routledge Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2014With contributions from over 100 scholars, the Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Centry provides essays on the careers, works, and backgrounds of more than 100 nineteenth-century poets.
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 1996The most comprehensive guide to modern poetry in English, this is an essential work of reference for students and all lovers of poetry.
The Oxford Handbook of Modern and Contemporary American Poetry by Location: Mugar Stacks PS323.5 .O94 2012 and OnlinePublication Date: 2012The Oxford Handbook of Modern and Contemporary American Poetry gives readers a cutting-edge introduction to the kaleidoscopic world of American poetry over the last century.
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2012A comprehensive and authoritative reference for students, scholars, and poets on all aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more.
The Poetry Handbook by Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2006The Poetry Handbook introduces students to the poet's craft, and practical criticism. Chapters on each element of poetry, from metre to gender, offer a wide-ranging general account, and end by looking at two or three poems from a small group to build up sustained analytical readings.
