41. Poetry And Criticism Resources The reader who seeks information about the location of a specific poem will in In addition to the large archive of poetry, there are also biographies on http://library.boisestate.edu/reference/SGBA/poetry.htm

Home Articles Catalog Hours ... Services Poetry and Criticism Resources Ask a Librarian There are a variety of ways to get help from a librarian. You can come see us in person, call us, email us, or chat with us via our new online answerXpress service. Visit the Library Between the Business Building and Hemingway Center, we encourage you to come to the library and talk to a librarian in person. Call Us You are welcome to call a reference librarian at 208 426-3301. Email Us We invite you to email us at refquest@boisestate.edu . A reference librarian will reply to your email within 24 hours, Monday-Friday. answerXpress Live, online help from librarians is now available to the Boise State community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from your computer through our www.answerXpress.com service. Reference Books There are books located in the reference section of the library and are useful for providing brief, introductory information on a given topic. For more detailed information, go to the Library's catalog or to the Library's Indexes to Journals and Databases All databases are available both on campus and remotely, unless otherwise indicated. You will need to supply your BroncoWeb ID and password to access these resources off campus.

42. Olathe Public Library The database also allows you to retrieve biographies based on specific sets of There are over 400000 poem citations and nearly 50000 full text poems. http://olathe.lib.ks.us/edliterature.aspx

var ace_path = 'js/'; My Account OPL Catalog Reader's Advisory Calendar of Events ... Cool Sites for Kids Databases by Subject Authors, Books and Other Literature Business Education Genealogy ... Spanish Language Databases by Name A-D E-F G-J K-Q ... U-Z Authors, Books and Other Literature Biography Resource Center (Gale) Search for biographies of individuals in a wide range of subjects, including business, politics, government, history, science, sports, the arts, and entertainment. The database also allows you to retrieve biographies based on specific sets of criteria such as ethnic background, nationality, and gender. Library and home use. Books In Print The industry's largest web-based resource of books and materials currently in print. Find what you're looking for quickly and easily, using a comprehensive database of 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Library Use Only. Columbia Granger's Poetry Index Columbia Granger's Poetry Database contains works of poetry found in anthologies and works of individual poets. There are over 400,000 poem citations and nearly 50,000 full text poems. Additional information includes over 1,000 poem commentaries and nearly 500 biographies. Patrons can search by poet, poet category, subject of poem, poem title, and first/last line of poem. Library and home use.

43. Owens Library Literary WWW Resources Info About specific Authors (biographies Criticism). Comprehensive Literary Sites This site provides resources for drama, fiction and poetry studies. http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/literature/literarywww.htm

How do I get...? books we don't have articles we don't have help with research info about the library eCompanion northwest online web based mail Library Catalog Search for Articles Course/Subject Resources Reference Resources ... Citing Sources Literary WWW Resources Please select one of the following literary resource links. Info About Specific Authors Comprehensive Literary Sites Electronic Texts Reference Works ... Writing Resources TIP: Press Ctrl/f and enter a root word, word, or phrase in the Find what: box and click on Find Next to search for a topic on this page. For example, type biograph to search for biography, biographical. Information About Specific Authors Biography seekers can type in the author's last name first name Authors from Yahoo! The Arts/Humanities/Literature section of Yahoo! offers a list of author sites on the Web. BBC Audio Interviews: Writers Follow this links to listen to writer interviews that have been broadcast by the BBC. Chinua Achebe, Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Beryl Bainbridge, Enid Blyton, William Burroughs, Agatha Christie, Arthur C. Clarke, Roald Dahl, Cecil Day Lewis, Roddy Doyle, Martha Gellhorn, Nadine Gordimer, Robert Graves, Graham Greene, Robert Graves, Joseph Heller, Laurie Lee, Doris Lessing, Ian McEwing, Iris Murdoch, Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Ondaatje, Harold Pinter, Phillip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, George Bernard Shaw, Susan Sontag, William Styron, Alice Walker, Evelyn Waugh, Virginia Woolf, and Walter de la Mare are among those interviewed.

44. Biographies / Poetry biographies Resources ( related to Poetry ). Resources that provide a writtenaccount or specific details about a person s life. http://www.library.nd.edu/ddw/public/resource_list.cgi?term_id_1=17602&term_id_2

45. View All Biographies Resources that provide a written account or specific details about a person s includes poetry, biographies, essays, fiction, histories, illustrations, http://www.library.nd.edu/ddw/public/resource_list.cgi?term_id=17602&list_type=v

46. Colby College | Academics | Colby College Libraries Use the Colby Library Catalog to find a specific poem in a collected edition ofa poet s This includes entries for over 800 poets with brief biography, http://www.colby.edu/library/research/guides/poetry.shtml

var gMenuControlID=0; var menus_included = 0; var jsPageAuthorMode = 0; var jsSessionPreviewON = 1; var jsDlgLoader = '/academics_cs/library/loader.cfm'; var jsSiteID = 1; var jsSubSiteID = 136; var kurrentPageID = 20408; document.CS_StaticURL = "http://author.colby.edu/"; document.CS_DynamicURL = "http://author.colby.edu/"; Libraries Home Library Catalogs Colby Libraries Catalog Reserves ... Hours All of Colby College Libraries Colby People Home Academics College Libraries Colby College Libraries Research Resources Indexes Journals Subject Guides Newspapers ... More... About the Libraries The Libraries/Collections Hours Library Floor Plans Science Library ... Staff/Departments Search the Library Colby Catalog Colby Reserves Maine INFOnet NExpress Journals Library News Celebrate Banned Books Week E-Reserves and PDF Files Hurricane Katrina: Information, Resources, Opportunities to Help Satellite images of Katrina destruction ... Wireless and Loaner Laptop Expansion Colby College 5100 Mayflower Hill Waterville, ME 04901-8851 P: 207-859-5100 library@colby.edu

47. Staff Biographies Research interests Particularly interested in site specific work, Recentpublications include else here selected poems (Etruscan Books http://www.dartington.ac.uk/research/staffbiogs.asp

You are here: KW_breadcrumbs("Home",">",0,1,"index.asp",3,4) Home About the College Subject Fields Choreography ... DCA Webmail Research Staff Biographies Dr. Ric Allsopp BA (Hons), MA (Warwick), PhD (Plymouth) http://www.performance-research.net Caroline Bergvall Licence es Lettres (Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle), Mphil (Warwick), PhD (Plymouth) Associate Research Fellow Current critical research (papers and talks): issues of translation; conceptual, literary, writerly. Bilingual and plurilingualist writing. Current practical research (books, texts treated for magazines, commissions) : experimental poetic forms, performed readings, text-based installation. Dr. Christopher Best Bmus (Lancaster), Mphil (Cantab), AMusD (Nottingham) Reader In Composition. Acoustic and electro-acoustic composition, particularly contemporary dance and other context-specific projects. Aspects of inter-disciplinary collaboration (particularly dance and music). Current Projects; Music for Jamaican National Dance Co, music for Ukrainian 'Authentic Voice' and Gamelan. Alan Boldon BA, MA - Painter and Installation artist. Represented by galleries in Germany and Luxembourg.

48. Archives These can be annotated in many ways, with specific information about American Poems contains biography of the poet and links to some of the works. http://vms.cc.wmich.edu/~careywebb/archives.html

49. Ellis Library Sourcepack - English 398 For more detailed biographies, use the MERLIN catalog to do a subject search Finding criticism on a specific poem can be tricky since most catalogs and http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/barkera/english398poetry.htm

Ellis L ibrary Sourcepack for English 398 Basic Resources for Research on Poetry Click picture for MU Libraries home page The Longman Dictionary and Handbook of Poetry (Ref. PN1021.M94 1985) The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (Ref. PN1021.N39 1993) The Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms (Ref. PN1042. P75 1986) The Handbook of Poetic Forms (Ref. PN1042.T43 2000) Biographical Sources Basic biographical information can be found in the following sources. For more detailed biographies, use the MERLIN catalog to do a subject search on your person's name, putting last name first. Scroll down the resulting list of subject headings to find biographies. LION: Literature Online Click on "Find Authors" and type in your author's name, last name first. Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref. Alcove 9. Use the Literary Index or check the index in the last volume of this series to see which volume contains information on your author. The DLB also gives nice lists of the authors' works.

50. Ellis Library Sourcepack - English 398 For more detailed biographies, use the MERLIN catalog to do a subject search Finding criticism on a specific poem or painting can be tricky since most http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/barkera/english20paintingpoetry.htm

Ellis L ibrary Sourcepack for English 20 Paintings and Poets Click picture for MU Libraries home page Dictionary of Art (Ref. N31.D5 1996) Encyclopedia of World Art (Ref. N31.E533) Phaidon Encyclopedia of Art and Artists (Ref. N31.P48) Symbols and Legends in Western Art (Ref. N7740.W53) Oxford Dictionary of Allusions (Ref. PE1580.D45 2001) Facts on File Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, and Literary Allusions (Ref. PN43.L37 1987) The Longman Dictionary and Handbook of Poetry (Ref. PN1021.M94 1985) The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (Ref. PN1021.N39 1993) The Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms (Ref. PN1042. P75 1986) The Handbook of Poetic Forms (Ref. PN1042.T43 2000) Biographical Sources Basic biographical information can be found in the following sources. For more detailed biographies, use the MERLIN catalog to do a subject search on your person's name, putting last name first. Scroll down the resulting list of subject headings to find biographies. International Dictionary of Art and Artists (Ref. N7425.I67)

51. Edward Estlin Cummings Biography / Biography Of Edward Estlin Cummings Main Biog Biography Text. The American poet Edward Estlin Cummings (18941962) presentedromantic His style eludes specific association with any one modern line. http://www.bookrags.com/biography-edward-estlin-cummings/

Search BookRags.com English History Other Subjects Essays Biographies Research Topics eBooks Register Login Help Literature Study Guides ... Games Welcome, Guest Why not Login or Register Biography Navigation Main Biography Extended Biography How to Cite Order the PDF Home Biography Edward Estlin Cummings Main Biography Complete Biographical Resource See related items by keyword: war family harvard cambridge ... edward cummings Name: Edward Estlin Cummings Birth Date: October 14, 1894 Death Date: September 3, 1962 Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Place of Death: North Conway, New Hampshire, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: poet Edward Estlin Cummings Main Biography The American poet Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962) presented romantic attitudes in technically experimental verse. His poems are not only ideas but crafted physical objects which, in their nonlogical structure, grant fresh perspectives into reality. In his publications E. E. Cummings always gave his name in lowercase letters without punctuation (e e cummings); this was part of his concern for the typography, syntax, and visual form of his poetry. He worked in the Emersonian tradition of romantic transcendentalism, which encouraged experimentation, and may have been influenced also by Walt Whitman, the poet that Ralph Waldo Emerson had personally encouraged. Born in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 14, 1894, of a prominent academic and ministerial family, E. E. Cummings grew up in the company of such family friends as the philosophers William James and Josiah Royce. Had he lived in Emerson's time, he too might have been described as a "Boston Brahmin." His father, Edward Cummings, aft.....

52. Poetry Alive! In Education Page The Academy of American Poets presents poems, biographies of poets, historical and Tools and resources specific to every teacher. Education Week http://www.poetryalive.com/educators/pained.html

20 Battery Park #505 Asheville, NC 28801 800.476.8172 phone 828.232.1045 fax Home About Educators Inservices ... Products Help for Educators Looking for ways to incorporate poetry performance in your classroom? You've come to the right place! Educational Benefits What People are Saying Internet Resources Lesson Links ... Fun for Teachers Educational Benefits of Poem Performance Accomodation of Multiple Learning Styles Cooperative Learning Purposeful Learning Seen a Poetry Alive! show and want to know what to do next? Check out these Follow-up Activities Poetry Alive! in the Classroom Article from The Florida Times-Union Florida Letter from Escambia County Florida Letter from Germantown School District Wisconsin Letter from Appalachian State Univ. North Carolina Orange County Public Schools (FL) Staff Development for Educators (NH) C. W. Post Center of Long Island University (NY) WCQS Public Radio (NC) Asheville Area Arts Council (NC) Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IL) South Carolina Arts Commission (SC) Alabama Reading Association (AL) (OH) Tennessee Reading Association (TN) NCTE Fall Conference 2004 (IN) Bellmore Union Free School District (NY) Core Knowledge Foundation (VA) University of Redlands (CA) Cherokee County Board of Education (AL) Florence County School District 3 (SC) United Arts Council of Raleigh/Wake Co (NC) Adams County Arts Council (PA) International Reading Association (TX) American Association of School Librarians (IL) South Carolina Arts Commission (SC)

53. Recommended English Web Resources Three databases cover literary criticism and author biographies. There areother valuable sections on specific poets and collections of online poetry. http://library.austincc.edu/w3/ENG/

E NGLISH R ESOURCES ON THE W ORLD W IDE W EB Electronic Literature Collections Literary Criticism Writing and Grammar Research Help ... Contact a Human electronic literature collections (full text of literary works) return to top return ... top (Arranged in order of general collections, then by specific authors from old to new General literature collections netLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com The University of Virginia Electronic Text Center http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/english.html Several thousand full-text books and poems. Some are restricted to University of Virginia users. Also there is a good list of "Other Web Resources." The On-line Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ Over 12,000 full-text books from Carnegie Mellon University. Most but not all are literature. Bartleby http://bartleby.com/ The full text of many books of fiction, poetry, and reference works related to literature, reserarch, and writing. Yahoo list of electronic literature http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Electronic_Literature/Collections/

54. NOW With Bill Moyers. For Educators. Poet Naomi Shihab Nye | PBS High school lesson plan on PalestinianAmerican poet Naomi Shihab Nye. Ask students to write one full, specific sentence about the narrator of the poems http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/poet.html

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye More on This Lesson: Select One Starter Activities Take Action Interview with Nye Resources For Educators Index Previous Page Lesson Plan This lesson is designed for English classrooms, grades 9-12 Lesson Objectives Related National Standards Estimated Time Materials Needed ... About the Author Lesson Objectives By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: Explain the importance of family and tradition in the poetry of Naomi Shihab Nye. Define stereotypes and understand how poetry can help to dispel them. Present an oral reading of a poem and interpret it for their classmates. Understand how poets use imagery to express their feelings about a person or idea. View a video interview to learn more about an author. Understand that current events can inspire poetry. Write a persuasive letter to the author. Related National Standards Language Arts Standards Writing Standard 1 Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Level IV, Benchmark 12 Writes in response to literature (e.g., suggests an interpretation; recognizes possible ambiguities, nuances, and complexities in a text; interprets passages of a novel in terms of their significance to the novel as a whole; focuses on the theme of a literary work; explains concepts found in literary works; examines literature from several critical perspectives; understands author's stylistic devices and effects created; analyzes use of imagery and language). Reading Standard 6 Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary. texts

55. Library Resources Also tips on design, and a search engine that lets you search specific web designsites. Includes a bibliography and biography for each poet. http://www.capitol-college.edu/administrativeoffices/library/libraryresources/

Site Index Contact Apply Offices ... Library Resources colorbar('index.shtml'); Library Resources colorbar('ask_librarian.shtml'); Ask the Librarian Library Resources Programming language The C++ archive http://www.austinlinks.com/CPlusPlus/ A collection of links put together by the Quadralay Corporation. Included are links to online books, compilers and libraries. Project Cool http://www.devx.com/projectcool/ Tutorials on HTML, Java and other languages. Also tips on design, and a search engine that lets you search specific web design sites. Math http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/mpt_home.html An online algebra review. http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/e-calculus.html An online calculus tutorial. http://mathforum.org/math.topics.html The Math Forum is partially funded by the National Science Foundation and is hosted at Swarthmore college. This area links to tutorials and tools in different math subjects including algebra and calculus. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html An online statistics help center written by Rice University Associate Professor David Lane. Features include the full text of a statistics book, case studies and statistical analysis tools. Circuits http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/

56. Ontario | English 9 Academic | Outcome Chart explain the use of specific elements of style in a variety of literary and plays, poems, biographies, short essays, and articles from newspapers, http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/media_education/onta

57. Poetry Review Resources, Reference Department, Davis Library It also provides links to biographies, bibliographies and reference works. Use author and title browse indexes to identify specific poems. http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/hum/poetryreviews.html

Title (omit initial article) Author (last name, first name) Keyword (use and, or, not) LC Subject MeSH Subject LC/NLM Call Number Local/Dewey Call Number Gov Docs Call Number Series ISBN/ISSN Number WorldCat OCLC Number Art Biology Carolina Pop. Center Chemistry Davis (Main) Geological Sciences GIS Government Information GrantSource Health Sciences Highway Safety Journalism Law Manuscripts Department Maps Collection Marine Sciences Math/Physics Media Resources Center Microforms Collection Music North Carolina Collection NCC Gallery Odum Institute Photographic Archives Planning Rare Book Collection School of Govt. Southern Historical Coll. Southern Folklife Coll. Stone Center Library Undergraduate University Archives UCIS K-12 Wilson How Do I...? Hours Catalog Article Databases ... E-Journal Finder Poetry Review Resources I.     Poetry Reviews and Criticism II.   Poetry Indexes        A. Poetry in Anthologies        B. Poetry Published in Periodicals ...       B. Poetry Web Sites I. Poetry Reviews and Criticism (Finding articles which discuss a Poem) It is not always possible to find critical articles that discuss every poem by every poet, even in the case of major poets. In those instances where an individual poem may not be explicated (analyzed), it is often possible to find articles that discuss the poet's themes and style more generally, and this may be relevant to discussion of the poem in hand.

58. HOW TO FIND POETRY EXPLICATION AND CRITICISM discussions of their work, and/or interpretations of specific poems. The articles also include bibliographies, biographies, and illustrations. http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/information_pages/docs/poetry.htm

HOW TO FIND POETRY EXPLICATION AND CRITICISM Table of Contents Explication: Checklists and Sources Criticism (General): Indexes Excerpts From Literary Criticism Poetry Techniques: Handbooks ... OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) SUGGESTIONS FOR SEARCHING For interpretations of individual poems: Use the various books on poetry explication to find references to interpretations published in books and periodicals between 1925 and 1987. See page 2. For references to interpretations published after 1987, consult the periodical THE EXPLICATOR (There is an annual index in the fourth number of each volume.) See page 2. The HUMANITIES INDEX is another fine reference source. See page 3. For general discussions of a poet's literary qualities and criticism on individualworks Use the indexes described on pages 3 and 4. For definitions of terms, brief biographical resumes and comments on major poems Consult the sources listed on pages 4 and 7. To locate a particular poem published in an anthology Use the sources on page 7. For biographical data on a particular poet Select the pertinent biographical sources from the Reference Department's bibliography: HOW TO FIND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION . Some of the sources in this bibliography also contain biographical data on their subjects. Check the section "Excerpted Literary Criticism and Bio-Bibliographic Essays" beginning on page 4. EXPLICATION: CHECKLISTS AND SOURCES Explication is the interpretation of a literary work rather than criticism. It can be difficult to locate since it usually consists of brief essays or comments. For that reason, explication checklists are very useful.

59. ENC Online: Math Facts & Figures: Biographies Of Important Mathematicians Activity Two A BiographyPoem about an Important Mathematician Or studentscould be assigned to research contributors to a specific field (eg, http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/ideasmsmath/document.shtm?input=FOC-00

60. English Language Arts Descriptors - Stage H Explain how an author uses specific techniques to achieve intended effect. reveal the genre (eg, short stories, novels, dramas, poetry, biographies). http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/ela/stage_H/descriptor.htm

CeRTS OTIS IWAS Teachers ... ISBE Home Stage H - English Language Arts Descriptors - Students who meet the standard can apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections. Use word origins and derivations to understand meanings of new words. Apply knowledge of structural analysis to construct meaning of difficult or unfamiliar words. Infer the appropriate meaning of a word in context when the word has multiple meanings. Interpret idioms, similes, analogies, and metaphors to express implied meanings. Identify the effect of literary devices (e.g., allusion, diction, figurative language, imagery) in text. Interpret the effect of authors' decisions regarding word choice, content, and literary elements upon the text. Recognize specialized vocabulary/terminology. - Students who meet the standard can apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency. Preview reading materials using pre-reading strategies (e.g., skimming, scanning, predicting, SQ3R).

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Page 3     41-60 of 98    Back | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | Next 20