The
American Academy of Poets - biographies and
selected poems for over four hundred poetsThe Yellowjacket Anthology of Literature
-a webquest for AP English Literature students
Biographical and poetic resources for this assignment can be found in two forms, electronic and print. The print texts are generally the most reliable and accurate because the publishing world requires exhaustive fact checking for accuracy. Remember, don't believe everything your read, especially when it comes from the internet. Try your best to check your facts with more than one reference. I recommend that you use both print and electronic resources as one tends to temper the other.
The
American Academy of Poets - biographies and
selected poems for over four hundred poets
Literature
Resources for the High School and College Student - a
clearinghouse of literature resources on the web
Time
Magazine's 20th Century Artists and Entertainers Page -
biographies of several 20th century poets and additional links for those
poets
British History 1700-1900 - Poets, Novelists and Playwrights
- biographical information on the great English writers
of the 18th and 19th centuries and their involvement in the social issues
of the day. By typing in a keyword you can search the whole of the
Encyclopedia of British History 1700-1900 as well as the rest of Spartacus
Educational Website.
American
Verse Project - an archive of American poetry, which
includes poetry by many African-American and women poets
Bartelby.com
- a clearinghouse of great works of literature on-line
Canadian
Poetry - The University of Toronto English Library
contains an array of Canadian literary treasures such as Margaret Atwood,
Bruce Meyer, Rosemary Sullivan and Gwendolyn MacEwan. Here you will find
photos, bios, writing philosophies, publications and most important, the
full-text of hundreds of poems.
Authors on the Web
- a collection of biographical sketches of authors and poets
Great Writers and Poets
- a collection of biographical sketches of authors and poets
Abrams,
M.H. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. New York:
Norton, 1962.
Auden,
W.H. The Oxford Book of Light Verse. Oxford [England]: Oxford
University Press, 1962.
Barnes,
Ruth A. I Hear America Singing: An Anthology of Folk Poetry.
Chicago: John C. Winston, 1937.
Clerk,
Jayana and Ruth Siegel. Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World:
Where the Waters Are Born. New York: HarperCollins College
Publishers, 1995.
Cole,
William. The Sea, Ships & Sailors: Poems, Songs and Shanties.
New York: Viking Press, 1967.
Contemporary
Poets. Edited by Harold Bloom. Chelsea House, 1986.
Dog
Music: Poetry about Dogs. St. Martin’s Griffin, 1996.
Friebert;
Stuart and David Young. The Longman Anthology of Contemporary American
Poetry. New York: Longman, 1989.
Hamilton,
Ian. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English.
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
The
Norton Anthology of African American Literature. New York: Norton,
1997.
The
Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: Norton, 1986.
The
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. New York: Norton, 1988.
The
Norton Anthology of Poetry. New York: Norton, 1983.
Quiller-Couch,
Sir Arthur. The Oxford Book of Ballads. Oxford [England]:
Oxford University Press, 1963.
Smith,
A.J.M. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. Toronto:
Oxford University Press, 1965.
The
Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry. Edited by J.D.
McClatchy. Random House, 1990.