Encyclopedia of American poetry.

Description:

With contributions from over 100 scholars, this encyclopedia provides essays on the careers, works, and backgrounds of more than 100 nineteenth-century poets. It also provides entries on specialized categories of twentieth-century verse such as hymns, folk ballads, spirituals, Civil War songs, and Native American poetry. Besides presenting essential factual information, each entry amounts to an in-depth critical essay, and includes a bibliography that directs readers to other works by and about a particular poet.

subjects: Dictionaries,  American Poets,  American poetry,  Bio-bibliography,  Biography,  History and criticism,  American poetry, dictionaries, indexes, etc.,  American poetry, history and criticism, 19th century,  Poètes américains,  Biographies,  Dictionnaires anglais,  Poésie américaine,  Biobibliographie