Summarizes the lives and careers of American and British poets and includes sample quotations
Longman Dictionary and Handbook of Poetry
Longman Dictionary of Poets: The Lives and Works of 1001 Poets in the English Language
A resource every writer should have.
From ancient classical prosody to modern works. Includes traditional and conventional knowledge as well as contemporary usage and examples. Some 1,500 entries (averaging 120 words in length) define techniques, devices,...
Ross, Clifford, ed. Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics. New York: Harry Abrams, 1990. Ross, Jean W. “Contemporary Authors Interviews with the Author” Contemporary Authors. Ed. Frances C. Locher. Vol. 101.
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Martin Coyle, Peter Garside, Malcolm Kelsall and John Peck (London: Routledge, 1990). Poetry Alan Bold, Longman Dictionary of Poets: the Lives and Works of 1001 Poets in the English Language (London, Longman, 1985) The New Princeton ...
The Complete Works of the Gawain-Poet. Chicago: University of Chicago, ... Of Prosody: Notes for a Course in Contemporary Poetry. Iowa City: privately circulated, ... Longman Dictionary and Handbook of Poetry. New York: Longman, 1985.
Books in Print
Massachusetts , Boston , 1970 ; MFA , Poetry Writing , University of Iowa , 1972 . ... 1980 ; New American Poets of the 80s ( ed . with Roger Weingarten ) , 1984 ; The Longman Dictionary of Poetic Terms , 1985 ; A Profile of Twentieth ...