Poetry criticism assembles critical responses to the writings of the worlds most renowned poets and provides supplementary biographical context and bibliographic material to guide the reader to a greater understanding of the genre and its creators. Each entry includes a set of previously published reviews essays and other critical responses from sources that include scholarly books and journals literary magazines interviews letters and diaries carefully selected to create a representative history and cross-section of critical responses. Although poets and poetry are also covered in other titles from the gale literature criticism series poetry criticism offers a greater focus on understanding poetry than is possible in the broader survey-oriented entries in those series. Clear accessible introductory essays followed by carefully selected critical responses allow end-users to engage with a variety of scholarly views and conversations about poets and their works. Studentsâ writing papers or class presentations instructors preparing their syllabi or anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the genre will find this a highly useful resource.
