Gwendolyn Brooks: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)
Gwendolyn Brooks lived a long, distinguished life marked by her continuous devotion to writing the poetry of her people. Later in life she became a poet of social protest, joining in the principal currents of African-American poetry in the last third of the 20th century. Studied works include "The Mother," "The Bean Eaters," "We Real Cool," "Riot," "Queen of the Blues," and "Bronzeville Woman in a Red Hat."
Elizabeth Bishop: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)
Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the major American poets. She is so meticulous and original that she tends to be both under-read and misread. Examine her work through some of the best literary criticism available on poems such as "The Monument," "Roosters," "At the Fishhouses," "Crusoe in England," and "The End of March."
The myth of E.E. Cummings stressed isolation, the difficulty of love, and the realities of death. This volume includes extracts from critical essays that examine important themes in Cummings' poetry. Studied works include "All in green went my love riding," "Memorabilia," "i sing of Olaf glad and big," "somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond," and "my father moved through dooms of love."
Dante: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)
Considered one of the world's greatest writers, Dante was also a great political and philosophical thinker. Examined here are Vita Nuova, Rime Petrose, Inferno, Purgatoria, and Paradiso.
This title also features a comprehensive biography of Dante, a user's guide, detailed plot summaries of each novel, extracts from important critical essays, a complete bibliography of Dante's works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor's notes and introduction by Harold Bloom.
Christina Rossetti: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)
Christina Rossetti, considered to be one of the finest Victorian poets, is perhaps best known for her poem 'Goblin Market'. Other poems discussed in this volume include 'Remember', 'Echo' and 'Passing Away'.
