Geoffrey Chaucer: 1343 - 1400 (Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature)
Medieval poet, Middle English
Victorian poet
Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809 - 1892 (Poetry Foundation)
Alfred Tennyson (The Victorian Web)
Pre-modernist American poet (published 1890)\
Emily Dickinson 1830 - 1886 (Poetry Foundation)
Emily Dickinson's Biography (Emily Dickinson Museum)
(American born) British Modernist poet
T.S. Eliot and the Modernist Movement
On "the Journey of the Magi" (American Poetry Society)
T.S. Eliot: 1888 - 1965 (Poetry Foundation)
Australian poet WW2, see handout
Kenneth Slessor (Australian Dictionary of Biography)
Kenneth Adolf Slessor (Australian War memorial)
Kenneth Slessor Part One (ABC)
Tasmanian poet (published 2004)
Sarah Day (Australian Poetry Library)
Use this database to access commentary and analysis of different poets and their poems.
This encyclopaeida is a good source of biographical and historical information. Check the Web's Best Sites for access to relevant websites.
Search the Exchange for videos about Chaucer and Emily Dickinson
The Nettlefold Library has some literary dictionaries that are useful for defining any unusual terms in your selected poem.
NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms by
* 600 Terms, Concepts, and Critical Theories. Are all defined, explained, and illustrated in clear, easy-to-understand language. * Comprehensive. Providing students with all the literary and critical terms commonly encountered in the study of literature, from the basic to the complex and avante garde. * Numerous Examples. Allow students to clarify the terms and ideas in each entry. * Cross-References. Further help study by linking related terms and concepts and technical terms with their more common counterparts.
Browsing the following sections of the shelves will give you useful books for poetry and the historical and cultural events that occurred when a poem was written:
| English poetry | 821 |
| Australian poetry | 820-822 |
| American poetry | 811 |
| History | 900-999 |
| Mythology and religion | 291 |
| Politics | 320 |
Alternatively, search the library catalogue to find relevant books.
Images in books and the internet and protected by copyright. You should be making an effort to find images that you are legally allowed to use; that is, those that have a Creative Commons Licence. The following guide provides information on finding and referencing such resources:
Visit the Finding Creative Commons material which will provide you with source of Creative Commons material and provide advice on how to reference such material.
Poetry Foundation
Provides biographical information about different poets.
Australian Poetry Library
Access biiographical information about Australian poets.
