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Poetry

Research guide for finding poetry and poetry criticism.

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By Era page

Looking for poetry from a specific time period? This page is divided into different centuries. Poetry prior to the 17th century literature is under Medieval Poetry, and poetry from the start of the 21st century to the present is under Contemporary Poetry.

Medieval Poetry

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Medieval Poetry that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Medieval History Journal
  • Journal of Medieval History

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works

  • English poetry – Old English, ca. 450-1100 – History and criticism
  • English poetry – Middle English, 1100-1500 – History and criticism
  • English poetry – 15th century – History and criticism
  • English poetry – 16th century – History and criticism
  • Poetry, Medieval – History and criticism
  • Poetry, Ancient -- History and criticism

17th Century Poetry

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to 17th Century Poetry that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • The Seventeenth Century
  • Seventeenth Century News

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works:

  • English poetry -- 17th century
  • English poetry -- 17th century -- History and criticism
  • English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
  • American poetry -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • Poetry, Modern -- 17th century

18th Century Poetry

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles for 18th Century Poetry that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Eighteenth-Century Studies
  • Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation
  • The Wordsworth Circle

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • English poetry -- 18th century
  • English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism
  • American poetry -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism

19th Century Poetry

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to 19th Century Poetry that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • The Wordsworth Circle
  • Victoriographies
  • Victorian Poetry
  • ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture
  • Romanticism

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works: 

  • Poetry, Modern – 19th century
  • Poetry, Modern – 19th century – History and criticism
  • English poetry – 19th century
  • English poetry – 19th century – History and criticism
  • American poetry – 19th century 
  • American poetry – 19th century – History and criticism
  • Poetics – History – 19th century

20th Century Poetry

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to 20th Century Poetry that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Twentieth Century Literature
  • Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature
  • Jeffers Studies

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works:

  • Poetry, Modern – 20th century
  • Poetry, Modern – 20th century – History and criticism
  • English poetry – 20th century
  • English poetry – 20th century – History and criticism
  • American poetry – 20th century
  • American poetry – 20th century – History and criticism
  • Poetics – History – 20th century

Contemporary Poetry

To find related journals through the CWRU e-Journal portal, you can type in a journal's title or ISSN in the main Search bar, or you can select Literature & Writing in the Browse by Discipline section to explore available titles. 

Here are some journal titles related to Contemporary Poetry that are are available in the CWRU e-Journal portal:

  • Beloit Poetry Journal
  • Able Muse
  • Poetics Today
  • Atlanta Review

One of the options in the dropdown menu for catalog searching is Subject. Searching by Subject means finding specific Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs), which tell you what a work is about using standardized rules for the order of terms, the language used, etc. It works best when you already know what to look for. 

Here are some Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use in a Subject search to lead you to relevant works:

  • English poetry – 21st century
  • English poetry – 21st century – History and criticism
  • American poetry – 21st century
  • American poetry – 21st century – History and criticism
  • Poetics – History – 21st century
  • Poetry, Modern – 21st century