UVM Libraries Research Guides: English & American Literature: Poetry

Poetry: 20-21st Century

On this page you'll see Library resources and subject headings specific to the study of Poetry. Note that many resources on other pages in this guide (e.g., Articles: Literary Criticism, Starting Points: Literature, Books, etc.) are equally important and should be used in conjunction with the resources on this page.

Reference - Poetry

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Call Number: REF PN 1021 .N39 2012
Deals with all aspects of its subject: history, types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology. Entries vary in length from relatively brief to substantial articles of about 20,000 words.

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry This link opens in a new window
This resource is a searchable database of full-text poems and citations to poems in anthologies by major poets worldwide from all eras. It also contains biographical profiles of poets, poem commentaries, a glossary of poetry terms, and spoken word audio recordings of poems.

Cambridge History of English Poetry
Cambridge History of American Poetry
Print: PS303 .C29 2015 (3rd floor)

Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry
Provides over 1,400 entries on influential modern poets writing in English and active from 1910 to the present day. Also covers poetry groups and movements and lists of anthologies and important poetry prizes and prize-winners.
Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary

Literary Criticism - Poetry

Guide to American Poetry Explication
Call Number: REF Z 1231.P7 G85 1989 (2 vols)
v. 1. Colonial and nineteenth century -- v. 2. Modern and contemporary
Poetry Explication: a checklist of interpretation since 1925 of British and American poems past and present
Call Number: REF Z 2014.P7 K8 1980
Guide to British Poetry Explication
Call Number: REF Z 2014.P7 M34 1991 (4 vols)
1. Old English, medieval -- v. 2. Renaissance -- v. 3. Restoration-romantic -- v. 4. Victorian-contemporary.