LibGuides: ENGL 310: Nature of Poetry: Books

Biographies and Essays

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present by Paul Finkelman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195167795
Publication Date: 2009-02-02

Many of these ebooks and print books include essays related to the Harlem Renaissance, including biographical information of key artists, writers, political figures, and more.

Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 by Trudier Harris-Lopez (Editor); Thadious M. Davis (Editor)
ISBN: 081031729X
Publication Date: 1986-08-01
The Harlem Renaissance Revisited by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar (Editor)
Call Number: E185.89.I56 H37 2010
ISBN: 9780801894602
Publication Date: 2010-05-28
The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance by George Hutchinson (Editor)
Call Number: PS153.N5 C345 2007
ISBN: 9780521856997
Publication Date: 2007-06-14
New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance by Australia Tarver (Editor); Paula C. Barnes (Editor)
Call Number: PS153.N5 N47 2006
ISBN: 0838640737
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
The Harlem Renaissance by Veronica Chambers
ISBN: 0791025977
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance by Lois Brown
Call Number: PS153.N5 B675 2006
ISBN: 081604967X
Publication Date: 2005-10-01

Biography Databases

These databases search hundreds of reference sources, giving you lots of biographies to consult.

Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
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Full-text biographical articles on people in the news and history-makers covering over 246,000 individuals with more than 36,000 images from a variety of sources. Previously known as Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Search for your poet, or choose "Biographies" from the blue menu on the right.
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Oxford English Dictionary

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Online edition of accepted authority and guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language. Provides comprehensive etymological analysis and listing of variant spellings while tracing the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations.