Eliot's poem "The Waste Land" is a pilgrimage in quest of an answer to the problem of desire--universal as well as personal--especially deviant sexuality, immoral behavior and their consequences. The traditional tags on the poem such as "a poem about Europe" and a poem about the "disillusionment of a generation" serve…

Examines the images of women in the poetry of Randall Jarrell, focusing on poems portraying women with little chance of true fulfillment in traditional roles as wives and mothers, and who lose what status they have through the inevitable loss of sexual attractiveness. (DMM)

author argues for inclusion of modern poetry in high school English curriculum; he includes lists of critical works and anthologies. (SP)

Offers a selection of resources on modernism and modern poetry for secondary teachers of modern poetry to use for independent study. Comments on a rhetorical approach to poetry, backgrounds to modern poetry, and four modern poets. Describes the benefits of these resources to a poetry teacher. (PRA)

This study examines the rise and development of the new genre of Chinese poetry, from 1919 to the present, focusing on the period's major poets and several lesser poets. Style, themes, characteristic techniques, faults and virtues, major concerns, and important contributions of each poet are discussed. Part 1, which covers the period before 1917,…

Special issue honoring Luis Rosales, contemporary Spanish poet. (DS)

Special issue in honor of the contemporary Spanish poet, Luis Rosales. (DS)

Reports on the life and works of contemporary Spanish writers Samuel Gili Gaya, Emilio Romero, Begona Garcia Diego, Ramiro Pinilla, Felix Grande, and Juan Antonio Cabezas. (DS)