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Literature: Poetry

DkIT subject guide about useful literature resources: books, poetry, plays, criticism.

Ancient Greek poetry

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Martin Hammond
Shelf Number: 883.01 HOM
ISBN: 0715629581
Publication Date: 2000

Romanticism

Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge
A Project Gutenberg ebook
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake
From Bartleby.com
Romanticism
Journal covering topics in the field of Romantic literature studies. Issues available from 1998 to a year ago.

Medieval and Renaissance Poetry

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Shelf Number: 821 DAN (Mount Oliver collection)
Publication Date: 1908
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Shelf Number: 821 CHA
ISBN: 0460103075
Publication Date: 1975

John Donne's Poetry
From poets.org.

Modernist poetry

Collected poems, 1909-1962 by T.S. Eliot
Shelf Number: 821 ELI
Publication Date: 1963

Modernist Poets
From poets.org

American Poetry

Walt Whitman Archive
A Project Gutenberg ebook
Some Harlem Renaissance Poets
Beat Poets
From poets.org

Contemporary Poetry

Making for the open : Chatto book of post-feminist poetry, 1964-1984 by Carol Rumens
Shelf Number: 821 RUM
ISBN: 0701128488
Publication Date: 1985

Archive of poetry and literature
From the Library of Congress
Poetry Foundation
Independent literary organization. Full text poetry links, biographies, resources.