The last volume is devoted to extended essays about poetry and an index. REF PR 502.C85 1992. Complements and updates older series. REF PN 3321.C7. The first two volumes provide some fifty essays that deal with the genre historically and critically from a broad base.
Articles range from chronological overviews to specific areas of interest.
The remaining volumes are devoted to study of authors, their works and their influence. REF PN 44.M3 1963. Collects more than 16,000 characters from some 13,000 works of world literature. Arranged alphabetically by title of work. Characters are arranged by order of importance.