Bloom's major poets

Presents biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on twentieth-century African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, looking at six significant works, including "The Mother," and "We Real Cool.".

Presents biographical information about the American poet William Carlos Williams and criticism and analysis of six of his poems: Spring and all, The yachts, The wanderer, Burning the Christmas greens, January morning, and These.

Presents biographical information on eighteenth-century British poet, artist, and engraver William Blake, and features critical analyses and views on five of his poems, including "The Tyger.".

Presents several critical excerpts examining different aspects of five works by twentieth-century American poet Wallace Stevens, and also provides a Stevens biography, primary and secondary bibliographies, and an index of themes and ideas.

Provides a representative selection of critical essays on the works of Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney, and includes a biographical profile, thematic and structural analyses, an index of themes and ideas, and a bibliography.

Presents biographical information on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English poet and critic Samuel Coleridge and profiles five of his works, providing thematic analysis and excerpts of criticism; also includes primary and secondary bibliographies.