LibGuides: ENC 1102 : Poetry Research & Analysis: Core Resources

Poetry Research

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Gale eBooks
Contains Poetry for Students series. Use the ADVANCED search and select PUBLICATION TITLE. Type Poetry for Students. Next line, select KEYWORD. Enter topic, name of poem or poet
Gale Literary Sources
Search literary criticisms for the world's most written about works. Also includes some biographies and primary resources helpful for iiterature reseach. Research poetry, find poems, analyze short stories, find a short story, fiction, drama and theater works.
JSTOR
Use the ADVANCED SEARCH, select ARTICLE, identify start/end date and select LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. This is not the best database for current events.
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
Useful for newer, less known authors.
eBook Collection (EBSCO)
This eBook database includes series such as Cambridge Companions to Literature, Bloom's Notes and Cliffs Notes.TIPS: Use the ADVANCED SEARCH and select to search FULL TEXT.

Prefer short, concise criticisms? The Explicator is in Academic Search Complete.

The Explicator
Scholarly Literary Journal. Good for finding concise analyses of Emily Dickinson's work.

Recommended Websites

Poets.org
Resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies. Particularly strong on current, living poets.
Mcgraw-Hill Online Poetry Glossary
Poetic terms and concepts useful for analyzing poems.
Writing Center @ University of North Carolina
FROM the UNC page: "A poetry explication is a relatively short analysis which describes the possible meanings and relationships of the words, images, and other small units that make up a poem. Writing an explication is an effective way for a reader to connect a poem’s plot and conflicts with its structural features. This handout reviews some of the important techniques of approaching and writing a poetry explication, and includes parts of two sample explications."

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