MDS811.009

Wording: Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican poetrySpecific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author}Modified standard subdivisionsHistory, description, critical appraisal of American poetry

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Computer science, information & general works
252,013
â„šī¸
1
Philosophy & psychology
270,129
🧠
2
Religion
681,242
🙏
3
Society, government, & culture
1,328,382
đŸ‘Ģ
4
Language
209,883
đŸ’Ŧ
5
Natural sciences & mathematics
431,918
đŸ”Ŧ
6
Applied science & technology
940,635
💡
7
Arts & recreation
1,031,850
🎨
8
Literature & rhetoric
1,436,736
📚
9
History & geography
837,760
đŸ—ēī¸
80
Literature, rhetoric & criticism
100,940
📚
81
American literature in English
587,090
🍁
82
English & Old English literatures
356,026
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83
German & related literatures
121,338
🇩đŸ‡Ē
84
French Literature
84,536
đŸ‡Ģ🇷
85
Italian, Romanian & related literatures
38,450
🇮🇹
86
Spanish Literature
60,869
đŸ‡Ē🇸
87
Latin & Italic literatures
8,254
📜
88
Classical & modern Greek literatures
14,545
đŸ‡Ŧ🇷
89
Asian Literature
64,605
🗨
810
American literature in English
13,434
đŸ‡ē🇸
811
American poetry
63,344
🖋
812
American drama in English
12,716
🎭
813
American fiction in English
471,089
đŸŗ
814
American essays in English
4,310
📄
815
American speeches in English
415
đŸ—Ŗ
816
American letters in English
523
âœ‰ī¸
817
Humor: Jokes & Riddles
4,192
😂
818
American miscellaneous writings in English
14,377
👝
819
American literatures in English not requiring local emphasis
2,687
🗺️
811.0
Specific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author}
2,089
811.1
Colonial 1607–1776
353
811.2
Post-revolutionary 1776–1830
389
811.3
Middle 19th century 1830–1861
1,126
811.4
1861-1899
992
811.5
20th Century
34,209
🛻
811.6
2000-
12,823
📱
811.7
17
811.8
41
811.9
221
811.00
Modified standard subdivisions
1,592
811.01
14
811.02
Dramatic
8
811.03
Romantic and epic
21
811.04
Lyric, ballads
71
811.05
Didactic
7
811.06
Descriptive
17
811.07
Satirical and humorous
37
811.08
[collections now 811.008]
258
811.09
[History of American poetry now 811.009]
57
811.000
16
811.001
Philosophy and theory
1
811.002
Miscellany
811.003
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances
811.004
Special topics
811.005
Serial publications
18
811.006
Organizations and management
811.007
Education, research, related topics
4
811.008
Collections of literary texts
1,147
811.009
History, description, critical appraisal of American poetry
400
811.0090
3
811.0091
Poetry displaying specific qualities of style, mood, viewpoint
1
811.0092
Poetry displaying specific elements
3
811.0093
Poetry dealing with specific themes and subjects
13
811.0094
Poetry emphasizing subjects
1
811.0095
2
811.0096
811.0097
811.0098
Poetry for and by ethnic and national groups
2
811.0099
Poetry for and by groups of people with specific attributes, residents of specific areas
17

Selected Works under MDS 811.009 (400)

378 items
The Life of Poetry
The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science and Poetry
Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems
Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women's Poetry in America
Highest Apple
The Heart of American Poetry
Voices and Visions: The Poet in America (Companion to the PBS Series)
Columbia History of American Poetry
Can Poetry Save the Earth?: A Field Guide to Nature Poems
The Homosexual Tradition in American Poetry
On the Run
Melodies Unheard: Essays on the Mysteries of Poetry (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction)
The Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin
The Continuity of American Poetry
LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia
The Wilds of Poetry: Adventures in Mind and Landscape
Selected Essays (Writing Re: Writing)
Feminism and Poetry: Language, Experience, Identity in Women's Writing (NEW EDITION SEPT 01)
A New Theory for American Poetry: Democracy, the Environment, and the Future of Imagination
An American Triptych : Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Adrienne Rich
Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving
Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody
My life, a loaded gun: Female creativity and feminist poetics
American Poets: From the Puritans to the Present
Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America
The Wicked Sisters: Women Poets, Literary History, and Discord
Breakfast Served Any Time All Day: Essays on Poetry New and Selected (Poets on Poetry)
Making a Poem: Some Thoughts about Poetry and the People Who Write It
How Poets See the World: The Art of Description in Contemporary Poetry
American Poetry: The Rhetoric of Its Forms
Black Chant: Languages of African-American Postmodernism
Black Poets of the United States: From Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston Hughes
Dancing to the Heartbeat of Redemption: The Creative Process of Spiritual Growth
Women and Poetry: Truth, Autobiography, and the Shape of the Self (Poets on Poetry)
Drumvoices: The Mission of Afro-American Poetry: A Critical History
Queer Optimism: Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions
African-American Poets: 1950s to the Present (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)
The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945
American Women Poets: Pioneers of Modern Poetry
Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems: History and Influence in Mexican-American Social Poetry (The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics)
177 Favorite Poems for Children
The Weather for Poetry: Essays, Reviews, and Notes on Poetry, 1977-81 (Poets on Poetry)
An Introduction to Fifty American Poets (Pan literature guides)
Movements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, against Margins
A Difficult Grace: On Poets, Poetry, and Writing
Connoisseurs of Chaos
Hunting the Snark: A Compendium of New Poetic Terminology
Poetry's Old Air (Poets on Poetry)
Ecopoetry: a critical introduction
The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse
The Nightingale's Burden: Women Poets and American Culture before 1900
American Free Verse: The Modern Revolution in Poetry
The American Puritan Elegy: A Literary and Cultural Study
Indigenous Poetics in Canada (Indigenous Studies)
American Poetry: A Very Short Introduction
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry: Volume 4, M-R

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