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Pathfinder: American Poetry
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating
Books|Specialized Resources|Specific
Poets|Periodicals, Journals & Trade
Publications|Web Sites
SCOPE: American poetry began its origins with Native American writings as well as the Colonial writings from 1735 through 1781. From the Transcendental poets like Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to the Beat Generation of Ginsberg and Kerouac, America has brought forth great poets that have created a rich tradition of poetry The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research on the topic of American poetry. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing but as a selective sampling of the many types of resources that are available in the library.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with American poetry are listed in the Baddour Librarys online catalog under the following subject headings:
American poetry 20th century
American poetry Women authors
American poetry African American authors
African Americans Poetry
There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF PS 303.C64 1993 The Columbia history of American poetry
REF PR 502.C85 1992 Critical Survey of Poetry
REF PS21.D5 Dictionary of Literary Biography American Poets Since World War II Parts I&II
Dictionary of Literary Biography, 1880-1945 American Poets 1880-1945
Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century New York: Viking Press, 1993.
American Poetry. The Twentieth Century New York: Library of America, 2000.
Creeley, Robert ed. The Best American Poetry,
2002. New York: Scribner Poetry,
2002.
Doreski, William. The Modern Voice in American
Poetry. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1995.
Haas, Robert. The Best American Poetry,
2001. New York: Scribner, 2001.
Howe, Florence. No More Masks!: An Anthology of
Twentieth-Century American Women Poets, Newly Revised and
Expanded. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993.
Nelson, Cary. Repression and Recovery: Modern American
Poetry and the Politics of Cultural Memory, 1910-1945. Madison, Wisc: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.
Poulin, A. Jr. Contemporary American
Poetry. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
Shucard, Alan. Modern American
Poetry, 1865-1950. Boston: Twayne, 1989.
SPECIALIZED RESOURCES
Davison, Peter. The
Fading Smile: Poets in Boston, 1955-1960 from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath. New York: Knopf, 1994.
Farr, Judith. The
Passion of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University
Press, 1992.
Kearns, George. Ezra Pound, The
Cantos. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Teasdale, Sara. Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara
Teasdale. New York: Macmillan, 1984.
West, Cornel. The Cornel West
Reader. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999.
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PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
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a list of full text journals available through
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WEB SITES
American Verse Project
http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse
The result of the collaboration of the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative and the University of Michigan Press to archive the works of the earlier poets prior to the 1920s.
The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org
Created by the Academy of American Poets one of the major poetry associations. Included Find a Poem, and Find a Poet as well as other literature links.
Literary Kicks
http://www.litkicks.com
Resources on the poets of the Beat Generation, Postmodern, African-American, and Transcendental Movement.
The Poetry & Literature Center of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/poetry
Comprehensive site for teachers and students.
Poetry Everywhere
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere/
An animated series created by WGBH in Boston.
Poetry Society of America
http://www.poetrysociety.org
Information about contests and awards. Includes an
online bookstore, best poetry magazines, and favorite
American poems.
Poets.org
http://www.poets.org/
This web site is an outstanding resource containing a
large section on English speaking poets with links to
biographies and other information.
Updated
11/10/2008
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