World poets
By: Ron Padgett, editor in chief.
Contributors: Padgett, Ron, 1942-
Series: The Scribner writers series
Publisher: Charles Scriber's Sons; Gale Cengage; CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Poetry -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries -- Juvenile literature; Poets -- Biography -- Dictionaries -- Juvenile literature; Poets -- Encyclopedias; Poetry
Genres: Bio-bibliography; Dictionaries; Juvenile literature.; Biography; Encyclopedias.
Description: Alphabetically arranged articles on 107 poets from around the world, accompanied by fifteen essays on various genres and schools of poetry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Mainly for use by students aged 14 to 18 ... and for anyone interested in learning more about poetry"--Introd., vol. 1.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Guillaume Apollinaire-Homer; title: v. 2. Gerard Manley Hopkins-William Shakespeare; title: v. 3. Percy Bysshe Shelley-William Butler Yeats.