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Poetry

This guide will give you guidance in researching poets and poetry. Here you will find books located in the MS State Library, e-books, databases for scholarly resources, and legitimate online Web resources. Follow the tabs on the side to find what you nee

Books on Poetry Theory

The Critical Tradition by David H. Richter
Call Number: PN81 .C844 2007

ISBN: 9780312415204

Publication Date: 2006-03-22
The Discovery of Poetry by Frances Mayes
Call Number: PN1042 .M34 2001

ISBN: 9780156007627

Publication Date: 2001-11-09
Lyric Interventions by Linda A. Kinnahan
Call Number: PS310 .F45 K56 2004

ISBN: 9780877458739

Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Patterns of Poetry by Miller Williams
Call Number: PN1042 .W514 1986 C.1

ISBN: 0807113301

Publication Date: 1986-08-01

After a history of poetic forms, each form is described and a poem is given to illustrate it.
The Point Is to Change It by Jerome McGann
Call Number: PS323.5 .M395 2007

ISBN: 9780817315511

Publication Date: 2007-04-06
Strange Good Fortune by David Wojahn
Call Number: PS325 .W65 2001

ISBN: 1557287082

Publication Date: 2001-07-01
This Craft of Verse by Jorge Luis Borges; Calin-Andrei Mihailescu (Editor)
Call Number: PN1064 .B67 2000

ISBN: 9780674002906

Publication Date: 2000-09-25

E-Books on Poetry Theory

You can access E-Books by following the "MSU faculty, staff, & Students click here" link.

Reading Modernist Poetry by Michael H. Whitworth
ISBN: 9781444320763

Publication Date: 2010-02-12
Holding Patterns by Daniel McGuiness
ISBN: 9780791449530

Publication Date: 2001-03-29

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