A cumulative and complete listing of over 1500 works indexed in Granger's Index to Poetry. Indexes poetry which appeared in 248 periodicals during the given year. Title, author, first line, and subject indexes. Indexes all poetry anthologies published in a given year, e.g., the 1982 volume represents 1981 publications. Indexes poetry by black poets as well as poetry which deals with the black experience.
Arrangement is by title and first-line with author and subject indexes.
Contains entries which cover the history, theory, techniques, and criticism of poetry from earliest times to the present. 1500 entries defining techniques, devices, history, theory and terminology of poetry. Gives numerous examples from literature. A comprehensive encyclopedia of world literature, featuring biocritical and critical articles on individual writers. Covers Asian and African literatures in addition to those of Europe and the Americas.