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Encyclopedias about Poetry
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON POETRY
These reference books provide excellent introductory articles about poetry as a genre, as well as biographical and critical background about poets and their works:
The following websites are rich sources of information about poets and poetry. They also include the texts and audio recordings of many poems.
Humanities Librarian
Leanna Goodwater
Contact:
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Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
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lgoodwater@scu.edu
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
lgoodwater@scu.edu
408-554-5434
Subjects: Art & Art History, Classics, English, Ethics, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theatre & Dance