Research Guides @ Fordham: Poetry: Literary Criticism & Reviews

Library Databases

Literature Criticism (Gale) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of literary criticism from classical to modern times.
Gale Literature Platform Search This link opens in a new window
Gale's literature platform for cross-searching: Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, Scribner Writers Online and Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Click on 'What's Inside' to find series title and available editions.
Essay and General Literature Index This link opens in a new window
Index to essays and articles in anthologies.
Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects, including Literary & Critical Theory.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), this subject index dates back to the 1920s and contains millions of citations from journals and series, as well as book publishers. Covers modern languages, literature, folklore and linguistics. Does not include MLA Directory of Periodicals.

Review Outlets

Review Outlets (via Poets & Writers)
A thorough listing of review publications, compiled by Poets & Writers magazine.

Selected Books

The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry Since 1945 by Andrew Epstein
Call Number: (RH) PS323.5 .E673 2023
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Rhyme's Rooms: The Architecture of Poetry by Brad Leithauser
Call Number: (LC & RH) PN1042 .L36 2022
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Writing into the Future: New American Poetries from "The Dial" to the Digital by Alan Golding
Call Number: (RH) PS325 .G64 2022
Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2022.

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