Formerly The Longman Dictionary of Poetic Terms, this updated book is the definitive reference guide to poetry and poetic terms, with more than 1,600 entries on the devices, techniques, history, theory, and terminology of poetry from the Classical period to the present. “A remarkably useful book for poets, for students (and for their professors too) and for libraries.”-James Laughlin, poet and publisher, New Directions.

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[{“Adelphi University for "Genre Development”=>”Lyric" and "Forms in Poetry"”}, {“Arizona State University for "Pro-Seminar”=>”Capstone Poetry"”}, “Boise State University for "19th Century American Poetry"”, “Brown University for "Advanced Poetry"”, “Empire State College for "Poetry Writing," "Black Women and Poetry," and "Poetic Healing"”, “Eugene Lang College for "Intermediate Poetry"”, “Hollins University for "Contemporary American Poetry"”, “Knox College for "Beginning Poetry Writing"”, “Kutztown University for "Modern Poetry"”, “Murray State University for "Introduction to Poetry Workshop"”, “Nipissing University for "Introduction to Literature"”, “North Carolina State University”, “Reed College”, “Salisbury University for "Understanding Poetry"”, “Southern Methodist University”, “University of Alabama at Birmingham”, “University of Alaska Southeast for "Advanced Creative Writing"”, “University of California, Santa Cruz for "Reading Poetry"”, “University of Dallas for "English 3324/Lit Study I"”, “University of Florida for "Creative Writing"”, {“University of Minnesota for "Writing Workshop for Majors”=>”Poetry"”}, “University of Missouri-Columbia for "Intermediate Poetry English 2030"”, “University of Nebraska-Kearney for "Beginning Poetry"”, “University of Nebraska-Omaha for "Poetry Writing Fundamentals"”, “University of North Carolina, Wilmington for "Poetry Writing Workshop"”, {“University of North Texas for "Intermediate Creative Writing”=>”Poetry"”}, “University of Texas-San Antonio”, “University of Washington for "Beginning Verse Writing"”]