Poetry Criticism: v. 5 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810383330 ISBN 13: 9780810383333

Publisher: Cengage Gale, 1992

Synopsis

Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major poets from all eras.

Entries provide an introductory biographical sketch, an author portrait, a primary bibliography, annotated full text and excerpted criticism of the poets works and sources for additional reading. When available, comments from the poets themselves are included. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text.Each volume includes cumulative author name and nationality indexes as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is published separately.

About this title

Synopsis

In this reference book, entries are arranged alphabetically by poet. In order to reflect the influence of tradition as well as innovation, poets from various eras will be represented in every volume. Each "Poetry Criticism" entry covers the poet's major or most commonly read works and discusses his or her most prominent themes and poetic techniques. Entries contain an introductory biographical sketch, excerpts of critical analyses of major poems and sources for additional reading. To help attract and encourage student interest "Poetry Criticism" is illustrated with author portraits and photographs of significant places, people, or manuscript pages from the poet's career. Special features, such as a descriptive table of contents and three cumulative indexes, will help speed their information search.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Gale
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810383330
• ISBN 13: 9780810383333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 500
• Editor: Young P.V., Young Robyn V.