Facts on File Companion to American Poetry

The Facts On File Companion to American Poetry is a new and indispensable encyclopedic guide to American poetry with more than 1,200 entries, ranging in length from 500 to 1,500 words. Intended for high school and college students, this invaluable resource explores the various writers, works, themes, and movements of this intriguing literary genre. Volume 1 is a revised and updated edition of The Facts On File Companion to 20th-Century American Poetry, with more than 100 new entries added on important poems and recent poets. Volume 2 contains entirely new material, including new entries on poems, and extensive, new coverage on poets, from 1900 to the present. Appendixes include a general bibliography and a list of winners for major poetry prizes. Coverage includes: *Poets representing a range of styles, influences, and ethnicities, from the Puritan period to today's avant-garde and from the most widely studied and anthologized to the obscure but influential *Major poems *Important literary schools and movements in American poetry, including Abolitionist, Transcendentalist, Romantic, Beat, Imagist, Fugitive, Black Mountain, Deep Image, Objectivist, Language, and others *Influential periodicals, critical essays, and poetry collections *Major poetry awards and societies.Kimmelman, Burt is the author of 'Facts on File Companion to American Poetry ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780816069507 and ISBN 0816069506.