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Poetry and Poets

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Lit Finder:   Poets, poems and explanation of poems

Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography

GALE RESOURCE GROUP: Poets, selected poems, criticism and commentary (Find a free trial database here, too. Scroll to the bottom of the main page to find "Biography Resource Center.")

Twayne’s Author Series:  Valued source of author and poet information 

Encyclopedia Britannica:   Solid basic information

EbscoHOST:  Especially for popular, current individuals.

 WORLD WIDE WEB:

Poetry.org   Dedicated to publishing experimental and classic poetry

Poets.org    From the Academy of American poets

Poetry Foundation   From an independent literary organization to discover and celebrate the best poetry. It provides brief biographies of the poet and selected poems.

Modern American Poetry  A scholarly forum for the study of modern American poetry.

Biography.com   Good for well-known poets

Who2?: Find Famous People Fast    For anyone famous

Literature Network   A searchable online literature for the student. To find the work you're looking for start by looking through the author index.

Bartleby  Preeminent publisher of literature, reference and verse for students to access free of charge.

Poem Hunter   Our database contains 168,207 poems from 16,474 poets some classic and some not.

DO NOT USE www.poetry.com – For people to submit their own poems

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