Cathleen J. Horn Centerville High School Centerville City Schools CRC Poetry Project Grade 9 English Poetry Students will use the following resources to complete their task: DEWEY NUMBERS Note: We take liberties with Dewey in our literature section. Poetry and criticisms of poets can be found together in the same Dewey number. Also, rather than use the first 3 letters of the author or editor of the BOOK, we use the first three letters of the author whose work is being discussed in the book. For example poetry by Poe and criticisms about Poe would both be found in 811 POE 811s American poetry and criticisms of American poets 821s British poetry and criticism of British poets R 809.1 Reference: criticism of poets and poetry SUBJECT HEADINGS Poetry Poets name of author (ex. Poe, Edgar Allen) REFERENCE RESOURCES (print) R 803 ENC Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century R 808.1 DEU Deutsch, Babette. Poetry handbook: a dictionary of terms R 808.1 UNT Untermeyer, Louis. The forms of poetry: a pocket dictionary of verse R 808.1 WIL Williams, Miller. Patterns of poetry: an encyclopedia of forms R 808.81 GRA Granger, Edith. Granger's Index to poetry R 808.81 WOR The World's best poetry. v1. Home/friendship v2. Love v3. Sorrow/consolation v4. The higher life v5. Nature v6. Fancy and sentiment v7. Descriptive and narrative v8. National spirit v9. Tragedy and humor v10. Poetical quotations, general indexes R 809 CON Contemporary literary criticism R 809 TWE Twentieth-century literary criticism R 809 WOR World literature criticism: 1500 to the present: a selection of major authors from Gale's literary criticism series. v1. Achebe to Cather v2. Cervantes to Garcia Lorca v3. García Marquez to Lawrence v4. Lee to Poe v 5. Pope to Stevenson v6. Stoker to Zola. Indexes. R 809.1 CRI Critical survey of poetry: English language series. v1. Authors A to Chat v2. Authors Chau to Dur v3. Authors Ebe to Hol v4. Authors Hoo to McK v5. Authors MacL to Qua v6. Authors Ral to Ste v7. Authors Sti to Z v8. Essays. Index R 809.1 POE Poetry criticism. Critical excerpts and biographical information on the world's most studied poets R 809.1 POE Poetry for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied poetry R 809.3 TWE Twentieth-century romance and gothic writers R 810.9 AME American women writers: a critical reference guide from colonial times to the present R 810.9 AME American writers before 1800: a biographical and critical dictionary R 810.9 AME American writers: a collection of literary biographies R 810.9 BLA Black women writers (1950 to 1980): a critical evaluation R 810.9 CON Concise dictionary of American literary biography R 810.9 MOD Curley, Dorothy Nyren. Modern American literature R 820.9 BRI British writers R 820.9 CON Concise dictionary of British literary biography R 820.9 CRI The Critical temper: a survey of modern criticism on English and American literature from the beginnings to the twentieth century R 822.33 SHA Shakespearean criticism : excerpts from the criticism of William Shakespeare's plays and poetry, from the first published appraisals to current evaluations R 822.33 SHA Shakespeare for students: critical interpretation R 928 DIC Dictionary of literary biography yearbook R 928 KUN Kunitz, Stanley. American authors, 1600-1900: a biographical dictionary of American literature R 928 KUN Kunitz, Stanley. British authors before 1800: a biographical dictionary R 928 KUN Kunitz, Stanley. British authors of the nineteenth century R 928 KUN European authors, 1000-1900: a biographical dictionary of European literature R 928 KUN Kunitz, Stanley. Twentieth century authors: a biographical dictionary of modern literature R 928 KUN Kunitz, Stanley. Twentieth century authors: a biographical dictionary of modern literature R 928 WAK Wakeman, John. World authors, 1950-1970: a companion volume to twentieth century authors WEBSITES TO USE: POETS.ORG Find a poet: biographical information as well as a selection of full-text poems by the author. Use the A to Z list to search by LAST NAME. BARTLEBY.COM With thousands of poems by hundreds of authors, Bartleby.com offers one of the largest free collections of verse on the web. AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY Click CORE COLLECTION, then click American National Biography (2nd resource) to access biographical information on American Poets who are no longer living, such as Poe and Plath. Note: Use the SEARCH BY NAME box LITERATURE ONLINE FROM CHADWYCK HEALY Click CORE COLLECTION, then click Literature Online (8th resource) to access the poetry of various American and British authors.