Reference Books
For more information about reference books, and a more extensive list, see Reference Resources for English

Bradshaw, David, ed. A concise companion to modernism. Oxford, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.

Bradshaw, David, and Kevin J. H. Dettmar, eds. A companion to modernist literature and culture. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Cuddon, J. A. A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory. Oxford UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1998.

Ferber, Michael. A dictionary of literary symbols. Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Also available as an e-book from Ebrary.  To know more about e-books or enrol for a Library Workshop.

Groden, Michael, Martin Kreiswirth, and Imre Szeman, eds. The Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory & criticism. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

Haralson, Eric L., ed. Encyclopedia of American poetry. The 20th century. London : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.

Larson, Kelli A. Guide to the poetry of William Carlos Williams. New York : G. K. Hall ; London : Prentice-Hall International, 1995.

Levenson, Michael, ed. The Cambridge companion to modernism. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

McCready, Sam. A William Butler Yeats encyclopedia. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
Also available as an e-book from Ebrary.  To know more about e-books or enrol for a Library Workshop.

Magill, Frank, ed. Critical survey of poetry. 8 vols. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 1992. 
Authors are arranged alphabetically through the first 7 volumes. Volume 8 has essays on poetic movements and trends, and a glossary of terms.

Parini, Jay, ed. The Columbia history of American poetry. New York : Columbia University Press, 1993.

Poplawski, Paul, ed. Encyclopedia of literary modernism. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.

Roberts, Neil. A companion to twentieth-century poetry. Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

Tryphonopoulos, Demetres, P., and Stephen J. Adams, eds. The Ezra Pound encyclopedia. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Poetry criticism. Detroit : Gale Research Inc., 1991-
Use the Author Index of the most recent volume - it will refer you to the correct volume, and also 
cross-reference you to entries in Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Twentieth-century literary criticism. Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1973-
Volume 70 has an extended essay on Modernism

Bibliographies
Bibliographies list references to books, book chapters, and serial articles. See an explanation of how they work. All references must be checked on Voyager. Enter the title of the book or the title of the serial to see if the Library has it.

Alexander, Harriet Semmes. American and British poetry : a guide to the criticism. 2 vols. Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, 1996.

Davies, Alistair. An annotated critical bibliography of modernism. Brighton : Harvester Press, 1982.
[Use for Yeats]

Guide to American poetry explication. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1989.

Database Searches
For help with database searching, contact the Subject Librarian

The following databases will provide references to material on all authors and topics covered in this course. You must be logged on with Net ID and Password to access these databases.

MLA International Bibliography - indexes books, book chapters, and journal articles. Use the symbol to search Voyager. Links to full-text may be provided through the Voyager catalogue record. 

ABELL+FT - indexes books, book chapters, and journal articles.. A high proportion of articles are in full text, otherwise use the symbol to search Voyager. Links to full-text may be provided through the Voyager catalogue record. 

Literature Online - a "desk-top library" of primary works, full text reference sources, and websites. It includes MLA and ABELL [above]. 


 Internet Resources
You must be logged on with Net ID and Password to access these sites.

A Brief Guide to Modernism - from the Academy of American Poets site. Links from this site give information on the individual poets taught in this course, and on-line texts of poems.

Modern American Poetry - an online journal and multimedia companion to the the Anthology of Modern American Poetry, edited by Carey Nelson, Oxford University Press, 2000. Contains commentary, biography, illustrations, manuscripts, drafts, book reviews for individual poets and American poetry generally.

20th Century Poetry in English - Scroll down past the photograph on this page to 'My Poet Pages'. Poets taught in this course are represented there.

Poetry section of Bedford Introduction to Literature : Reading, Thinking and Writing. Check the alphabetic poet list for poets taught in this course. Other parts of this site are useful for both writing and research.

Modernism in Literature - Poetry - from the PoetryMagic site. Links on the left of the page discuss the craft of poetry.

poetrymagazine - from the Poetry Library in the Royal Festival Hall. Full text searchable English poetry magazines of the 20th and 21st century.