Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major poets from all eras. Entries provide an introductory biographical sketch, an author portrait, a primary bibliography, annotated full text and excerpted criticism of the poets' works and sources for additional reading. When available, comments from the poets themselves are included. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text.Each volume includes cumulative author nam and nationality indexes as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is published separately.
- ISBN10 0787663441
- ISBN13 9780787663445
- Publish Date 15 June 2003 (first published 1 January 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Cengage Gale
- Edition Annotated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English