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Reviewed on March 15, 2012 | Reference
In 2011, Salem published the fourth edition of its Critical Survey of Poetry (LJ 5/15/11), in 14 volumes and some 6500 pages, at a price of $1295 (which includes access to the Salem Literature Online database). Here, Reisman (English, Charleston Southern Univ.; Contemporary Southern Men Fiction Writers) gathers the lengthy entries on individual poets into two dozen paperback volumes that treat specific movements in poetry, poets from specific countries or ethnic or religious backgrounds, and those whose work has centered on specific themes or approaches. While the selection ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More