Backpack Literature: Second Edition ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia (Pearson, 2008, 978-0-205-55103-3, xxxii+1199pp, tp, an)
Subtitled “An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing”, a massive anthology of stories and poems whose primary aim is “to introduce college students to the appreciation and experience of literature in its major forms”. The book contains lengthy articles and surrounding material (not indexed) to frame the pieces included.
- · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg
- xxviii · Preface · X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia · pr
- 1 · Fiction
- 3 · Chapter 1: Reading a Story
- 4 · The Appointment in Samarra · W. Somerset Maugham · ex from Sheppey, Heinemann, 1933
- 5 · The North Wind and the Sun · Aesop; translated by V. S. Vernon Jones · vi Aesop’s Fables by Aesop, tr. Vernon Jones, William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912
- 6 · The Camel and His Friends · Bidpai; translated by Arundhati Khanwalker · vi from The Panchatantra (r)
- 8 · Independence · Chuang Tzu; translated by Herbert Giles · vi Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer by Chuang Tzu, tr. Herbert Giles, Bernard Quaritch, 1889
- 10 · Godfather Death · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm; translated by Dana Gioia · ss Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the German.
- 16 · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961
- 25 · Chapter 2: Point of View
- 31 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 39 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 47 · Chapter 3: Character
- 50 · Miss Brill · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Athenaeum November 26 1920
- 55 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981
- 68 · Everyday Use · Alice Walker · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1973
- 79 · Chapter 4: Setting
- 81 · The Storm · Kate Chopin · ss The Complete Works of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin, Louisiana State University, 1969
- 86 · Greasy Lake · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss The Paris Review #83, Spring 1982
- 96 · A Pair of Tickets · Amy Tan · ex from The Joy Luck Club, Putnam, 1989
- 115 · Chapter 5: Tone and Style
- 119 · A Clean, Well-Lighted Place · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1933
- 124 · Barn Burning · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine June 1939
- 141 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 10 1905, as “Gifts of the Magi”
- 146 · Saboteur · Ha Jin · ss The Antioch Review Autumn 1996
- 158 · Chapter 6: Theme
- 160 · Dead Men’s Path · Chinua Achebe · ss Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe, Pearson Education, 1972
- 164 · The Parable of the Prodigal Son · [uncredited] · ss King James Version, Robert Barker, 1611
- 165 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961
- 174 · Chapter 7: Symbol
- 176 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937
- 186 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
- 194 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 211 · Chapter 8: Stories for Further Reading
- 211 · Happy Endings · Margaret Atwood · ss The Humanist September/October 1987
- 215 · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour”
- 217 · The House on Mango Street · Sandra Cisneros · ex Arte Publico Press, 1984
- 219 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion”
- 231 · Sweat · Zora Neale Hurston · ss Fire!! November 1926
- 241 · Araby · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Grant Richards, 1914
- 247 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka; translated by John Siscoe · ss Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the German (“Vor dem Gesetz”, Selbstwehr, September 7, 1915).
- 249 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978
- 251 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966
- 265 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986
- 280 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
- 294 · My Life with the Wave · Octavio Paz; translated by Eliot Weinberger · ss Eagle or Sun? by Octavio Paz, New Directions, 1969
translated from the Spanish.
- 298 · A Worn Path · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1941
- 307 · Poetry
- 308 · To the Muse · X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 311 · Chapter 9: Reading a Poem
- 313 · The Lake Isle of Innisfree · William Butler Yeats · pm The National Observer December 13 1890
- 316 · Piano · D. H. Lawrence · pm Love Poems and Others by D. H. Lawrence, Duckworth and Co., 1913
- 317 · Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers · Adrienne Rich · pm A Change of World by Adrienne Rich, Yale University Press, 1951
- 318 · Sir Patrick Spence · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 320 · “Out, Out—” · Robert Frost · pm McClure’s Magazine July 1916
- 321 · My Last Duchess · Robert Browning · pm Dramatic Lyrics by Robert Browning, Edward Moxon, 1842, as “Italy”
- 324 · Ask Me · William Stafford · pm The New Yorker July 7 1975
- 327 · Chapter 10: Listening to a Voice
- 327 · My Papa’s Waltz · Theodore Roethke · pm Harper’s Bazaar February 1942
- 329 · For a Lady I Know · Countee Cullen · pm Color by Countee Cullen, Harper & Brothers, 1925
- 329 · The Author to Her Book · Anne Bradstreet · pm Several Poems by Anne Bradstreet, John Foster, 1678
- 330 · To a Locomotive in Winter · Walt Whitman · pm Two Rivulets by Walt Whitman, self-published, 1876
- 331 · I Like to See It Lap the Miles · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891, as “The Railway Train”
- 332 · To the Desert · Benjamin Alire Sáenz · pm Dark and Perfect Angels by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Cinco Puntos Press, 1995
- 333 · For My Daughter · Weldon Kees · pm The Kenyon Review Spring 1940
- 334 · White Lies · Natasha Trethewey · pm Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey, Graywolf Press, 2000
- 335 · Luke Havergal · Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson, self-published, 1897
- 337 · Hawk Roosting · Ted Hughes · pm Lupercal by Ted Hughes, Faber & Faber, 1960
- 338 · Monologue for an Onion · Suji Kwock Kim · pm Notes from the Divided Country by Suji Kwock Kim, Louisiana State University Press, 2003
- 339 · Theme for English B · Langston Hughes · pm Montage of a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1951
- 340 · Her Kind · Anne Sexton · pm To Bedlam and Part Way Back by Anne Sexton, Houghton Mifflin, 1960
- 341 · The Red Wheelbarrow · William Carlos Williams · pm Spring and All by William Carlos Williams, Contact Publishing Co., 1923, as “XXII”
- 342 · Oh No · Robert Creeley · pm For Love: Poems 1950–1960 by Robert Creeley, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962
- 344 · The Unknown Citizen · W. H. Auden · pm The Listener August 3 1939
- 345 · The Golf Links · Sarah N. Cleghorn · pm New-York Tribune January 1 1915
- 345 · Second Fig · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm A Few Figs from Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Frank Shay, 1920
- 346 · The Workbox · Thomas Hardy · pm Satires of Circumstances by Thomas Hardy, Macmillan and Co., 1914
- 347 · The X in My Name · Francisco X. Alarcón · pm No Golden Gate for Us by Francisco X. Alarcón, Pennywhistle Press, 1993
- 348 · To Lucasta · Richard Lovelace · pm Lucasta by Richard Lovelace, 1649
- 348 · Dulce et Decorum Est · Wilfred Owen · pm Poems by Wilfred Owen, Chatto and Windus, 1920
- 352 · Chapter 11: Words
- 353 · This Is Just to Say · William Carlos Williams · pm Collected Poems, 1921-1931 by William Carlos Williams, The Objectivist Press, 1934
- 354 · Silence · Marianne Moore · pm The Dial October 1924
- 355 · Down, Wanton, Down! · Robert Graves · pm Poems 1930-1933 by Robert Graves, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1933
- 356 · Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God, for You · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 358 · Aftermath · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm Aftermath by H. W. Longfellow, James R. Osgood & Co., 1873
- 359 · Friend, on This Scaffold Thomas More Lies Dead · J. V. Cunningham · pm The Exclusions of a Rhyme by J. V. Cunningham, Alan Swallow, 1960
- 359 · Grass · Carl Sandburg · pm Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1918
- 362 · Upon Julia’s Clothes · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648
- 364 · Blandeur · Kay Ryan · pm Say Uncle by Kay Ryan, Grove Press, 2000
- 364 · The Ruined Maid · Thomas Hardy · pm Poems of the Past and Present by Thomas Hardy, Harper & Bros., 1901
- 365 · The Fury of Aerial Bombardment · Richard Eberhart · pm Poems: New and Selected by Richard Eberhart, New Directions, 1944
- 366 · Lonely Hearts · Wendy Cope · pm The Times Literary Supplement 1979
- 367 · Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town · e. e. cummings · pm 50 Poems by e. e. cummings, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1940
- 369 · Carnation Milk · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 369 · English con Salsa · Gina Valdés · pm Cool Salsa ed. Lori M. Carlson, Henry Holt, 1994
- 370 · Jabberwocky · Lewis Carroll · pm from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, December 1871
- 374 · Chapter 12: Saying and Suggesting
- 375 · Cargoes · John Masefield · pm Look and Learn #19, May 26 1962
- 376 · London · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794
- 378 · Disillusionment of Ten o’Clock · Wallace Stevens · pm Rogue March 15 1915
- 378 · southeast corner · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm Harper’s Magazine February 1945
- 379 · Epitaph · Timothy Steele · pm Counter/Measures #2, 1973
- 379 · Next to of Course America I · e. e. cummings · pm Is 5 by e. e. cummings, Boni & Liveright, 1926
- 380 · Fire and Ice · Robert Frost · pm Harper’s Magazine December 1920
- 380 · Tears, Idle Tears · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm from “The Princess”, Edward Moxon, 1847
- 384 · Chapter 13: Imagery
- 384 · In a Station of the Metro · Ezra Pound · pm Poetry April 1913
- 384 · The Piercing Chill I Feel · Taniguchi Buson · pm An Introduction to Haiku ed. Harold G. Henderson, Anchor Books, 1958
translated from the Japanese.
- 385 · The Winter Evening Settles Down · T. S. Eliot · pm Prufrock and Other Observations by T. S. Eliot, The Egoist, 1917, as “Prelude”
- 386 · Root Cellar · Theodore Roethke · pm The Lost Son and Other Poems by Theodore Roethke, Doubleday, 1948
- 387 · The Fish · Elizabeth Bishop · pm North and South by Elizabeth Bishop, Houghton Mifflin, 1946
- 389 · The Victory · Anne Stevenson · pm Reversals by Anne Stevenson, Wesleyan University Press, 1969
- 390 · A Route of Evanescence · Emily Dickinson · pm The Atlantic Monthly October 1891
- 390 · Reapers · Jean Toomer · pm Cane by Jean Toomer, Boni & Liveright, 1923
- 391 · Pied Beauty · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Humphrey Milford, 1918
- 391 · The Falling Flower · Arakida Moritake; translated by Babette Deutsch · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 392 · Heat-Lightning Streak · Matsuo Basho; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 392 · In the Old Stone Pool · Matsuo Basho; translated by X. J. Kennedy · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 393 · On the One-Ton Temple Bell · Taniguchi Buson; translated by Robert Haas · pm The Essential Haiku ed. & tr. Robert Haas, Ecco Press, 1995
translated from the Japanese.
- 393 · I Go · Taniguchi Buson; translated by Robert Haas · pm The Essential Haiku ed. & tr. Robert Haas, Ecco Press, 1995
translated from the Japanese.
- 393 · Only One Guy · Kobayashi Issa; translated by Cid Corman · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Japanese.
- 393 · Cricket · Kobayashi Issa; translated by Robert Bly · pm Ten Poems by Kobayashi Issa, tr. Robert Bly, self-published, 1969
translated from the Japanese.
- 393 · Rain Shower from Mountain · Suiko Matsushita; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 393 · Cosmos in Bloom · Suiko Matsushita; translated by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo · pm May Sky: There Is Always Tomorrow ed. & tr. Violet Kazue de Cristoforo, Sun & Moon Press, 1997
translated from the Japanese.
- 394 · Making Jazz Swing In · Etheridge Knight · pm Poems from Prison by Etheridge Knight, Broadside Press, 1968
- 394 · Visitor’s Room · Lee Gurga · pm Modern Haiku Summer 1998
- 394 · The Lazy Man’s Haiku · John Ridland · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 394 · Last Haiku · Connie Bensley · pm Choosing to Be a Swan by Connie Bensley, Bloodaxe Books, 1994
- 394 · Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats by John Keats, Reeves & Turner, 1883
- 395 · The Runner · Walt Whitman · pm Leaves of Grass (Fourth Edition) by Walt Whitman, self-published, 1867
- 395 · Image · T. E. Hulme · pm The New Age January 1912
- 395 · El Hombre · William Carlos Williams · pm Al Que Quiere! by William Carlos Williams, The Four Seas Company, 1917
- 395 · Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter · Robert Bly · pm Silence in the Snowy Fields by Robert Bly, Wesleyan University Press, 1962
- 396 · Silos · Rita Dove · pm Grace Notes by Rita Dove, W.W. Norton & Company, 1989
- 396 · Not Waving but Drowning · Stevie Smith · pm Not Waving but Drowning by Stevie Smith, Andre Deutsch, 1957
- 399 · Chapter 14: Figures of Speech
- 400 · The Eagle · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems (Seventh Edition) by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1851
- 400 · Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 18”
- 400 · Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? · Howard Moss · pm Minor Monuments by Howard Moss, The Ecco Press, 1986
- 403 · My Life Had Stood, a Loaded Gun · Emily Dickinson · pm The London Mercury February 1929
- 404 · Flower in the Crannied Wall · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm The Holy Grail and Other Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Strahan and Co., 1869
- 404 · To See a World in a Grain of Sand · William Blake · pm from “Auguries of Innocence”, Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist, Macmillan and Co., 1863
- 404 · Metaphors · Sylvia Plath · pm The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath, William Heinemann, 1960
- 405 · Simile · N. Scott Momaday · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 406 · The Wind · James Stephens · pm The Adventures of Seumas Beg [and] The Rocky Road to Dublin by James Stephens, Macmillan, 1915, as “Stephen’s Green”
- 408 · You Fit Into Me · Margaret Atwood · pm Power Politics by Margaret Atwood, House of Anansi Press, 1971
- 408 · Money · Dana Gioia · pm Gods of Winter by Dana Gioia, Graywolf Press, 1991
- 409 · The Silken Tent · Robert Frost · pm The Virginia Quarterly Review Winter 1939
- 410 · The Suitor · Jane Kenyon · pm Otherwise: New and Selected Poems by Jane Kenyon, Graywolf Press, 1996
- 410 · The Secret Sits · Robert Frost · pm A Further Range by Robert Frost, Henry Holt, 1936
- 410 · Coward · A. R. Ammons · pm The Really Short Poems of A.R. Ammons by A. R. Ammons, W.W. Norton & Company, 1992
- 410 · Language Lesson, 1976 · Heather McHugh · pm A World of Difference by Heather McHugh, Houghton Mifflin, 1981
- 411 · Oh, My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose · Robert Burns · pm Scots Songs ed. Pietro Urbani, 1794, as “A Red, Red Rose”
- 414 · Chapter 15: Sound
- 415 · True Ease in Writing Comes from Art, Not Chance · Alexander Pope · ex from An Essay on Criticism, W. Lewis, 1711
- 417 · Who Goes with Fergus? · William Butler Yeats · pm from “The Countess Cathleen”, The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892
- 418 · Recital · John Updike · pm The New Yorker June 10 1961
- 419 · Eight o’Clock · A. E. Housman · pm A Last Poems by A. E. Housman, Grant Richards, 1922
- 419 · All Day I Hear · James Joyce · pm Chamber Music by James Joyce, Elkin Matthews, 1907
- 420 · The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm from “The Princess (Third Edition)”, Edward Moxon, 1850
- 421 · On My Boat on Lake Cayuga · William Cole · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
- 423 · The Hippopotamus · Hilaire Belloc · pm Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc, Duckworth, 1939
- 424 · The Panther · Ogden Nash · pm Hard Lines by Ogden Nash, Simon and Schuster, 1931
- 424 · God’s Grandeur · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 426 · In Memoriam John Coltrane · Michael Stillman · pm An Introduction to Poetry ed. X. J. Kennedy, Little, Brown & Co., 1966
- 429 · Chapter 16: Rhythm
- 434 · We Real Cool · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm Poetry September 1959
- 434 · Break, Break, Break · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1842
- 435 · Slow, Slow, Fresh Fount, Keep Time with My Salt Tears · Ben Jonson · pm from The Fountain of Self-Love, or Cynthia’s Revels, Walter Burre, 1601
- 435 · Résumé · Dorothy Parker · pm New York World August 16 1925
- 436 · On the Imprint of the First English Edition of The Works of Max Beerbohm · Max Beerbohm · pm Max in Verse by Max Beerbohm, The Stephen Greene Press, 1963
- 440 · Counting-Out Rhyme · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm The Buck in the Snow & Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Harper & Brothers, 1928
- 441 · When I Was One-and-Twenty · A. E. Housman · pm McClure’s Magazine May 1906
- 441 · Smell! · William Carlos Williams · pm Al Que Quiere! by William Carlos Williams, The Four Seas Company, 1917
- 442 · Beat! Beat! Drums! · Walt Whitman · pm Harper’s Weekly September 28 1861
- 443 · Song of the Powers · David Mason · pm The Country I Remember by David Mason, Story Line Press, 1996
- 446 · Chapter 17: Closed Form
- 448 · This Living Hand, Now Warm and Capable · John Keats · pm The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats by John Keats, Houghton Mifflin, 1899
- 450 · Counting the Beats · Robert Graves · pm Good Housekeeping April 1950
- 451 · Song (“Go and catch a falling star”) · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 452 · Bonny Barbara Allan · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 454 · Ballad of Birmingham · Dudley Randall · pm Broadside Press, 1965
- 456 · Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 116”
- 456 · America · Claude McKay · pm The Liberator December 1921
- 457 · “What lips my lips have kissed, and when, and why…” · Edna St. Vincent Millay · pm Renascence 1917
- 458 · First Poem for You · Kim Addonizio · pp The Philosopher’s Club by Kim Addonizio, BOA Editions, 1993
- 458 · Sine Qua Non · A. E. Stallings · pm Hapax by A. E. Stallings, Northwestern University Press, 2006
- 459 · Shakespearean Sonnet · R. S. Gwynn · pm The Drive-In by R. S. Gwynn, University of Missouri Press, 1986
- 460 · Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night · Dylan Thomas · pm Botteghe Oscure #8, 1951
- 461 · Triolet · Robert Bridges · pm Poems by Robert Bridges, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873
- 461 · Sestina · Elizabeth Bishop · pm The New Yorker September 15 1956
- 465 · Chapter 18: Open Form
- 465 · Ancient Stairway · Denise Levertov · pm This Great Unknowing by Denise Levertov, New Directions, 1999
- 469 · Buffalo Bill’s · e. e. cummings · pm The Dial January 1920
- 469 · The Heart · Stephen Crane · pm The Black Riders by Stephen Crane, Copeland and Day, 1895, as “In the Desert”
- 470 · Cavalry Crossing a Ford · Walt Whitman · pm Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman, Peter Eckler, 1865
- 470 · Salutation · Ezra Pound · pm Poetry April 1913
- 471 · Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird · Wallace Stevens · pm Others: An Anthology of the New Verse ed. Alfred Kreymborg, Alfred A. Knopf, 1917
- 474 · The Magic Study of Happiness · Charles Simic · pp Dime-Store Alchemy by Charles Simic, The Ecco Press, 1992
- 474 · In Just— · e. e. cummings · pm The Dial May 1920
- 475 · I Shall Paint My Nails Red · Carole Satyamurti · pm Changing the Subject by Carole Satyamurti, Oxford University Press, 1990
- 476 · I, Too · Langston Hughes · pm Survey Graphic March 1925
- 479 · Chapter 19: Symbol
- 480 · The Boston Evening Transcript · T. S. Eliot · pm Poetry October 1915
- 481 · The Lightning Is a Yellow Fork · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891
- 482 · Neutral Tones · Thomas Hardy · pm Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy, Harper, 1898
- 483 · The Parable of the Good Seed · [uncredited] · pm King James Version, Robert Barker, 1611
- 484 · Outwitted · Edwin Markham · pm The Shoes of Happiness and Other Poems by Edwin Markham, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913
- 485 · Facing It · Yusef Komunyakaa · pm Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa, Wesleyan University Press, 1988
- 486 · The Road Not Taken · Robert Frost · pm The Atlantic Monthly August 1915
- 487 · Nothing Gold Can Stay · Robert Frost · pm The Yale Review October 1923
- 487 · Carrie · Ted Kooser · pm Prairie Schooner v52 #4, Fall 1978
- 488 · Popcorn-Can Cover · Lorine Niedecker · pm Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. 1965
- 488 · Anecdote of the Jar · Wallace Stevens · pm Poetry October 1919
- 491 · Chapter 21: What Is Poetry?
- 493 · Chapter 22: Poems for Further Reading
- 493 · Lord Randall · [uncredited] · pm (r)
- 494 · Dover Beach · Matthew Arnold · pm New Poems by Matthew Arnold, 1867
- 495 · Siren Song · Margaret Atwood · pm Selected Poems, 1965-1975 by Margaret Atwood, Houghton Mifflin, 1976
- 497 · Musée des Beaux Arts · W. H. Auden · pm New Writing Spring 1939, as “Palais des beaux arts”
- 497 · One Art · Elizabeth Bishop · pm The New Yorker April 26 1976
- 498 · The Tyger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794
- 499 · the preacher: ruminates behind the sermon · Gwendolyn Brooks · pm Harper’s Magazine February 1945
- 500 · How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways · Elizabeth Barrett Browning · pm Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chapman & Hall, 1850, as “Sonnet (“How do I love thee?…”)”
- 500 · Quinceañera · Judith Ortiz Cofer · pm Terms of Survival by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Arte Público Press, 1987
- 501 · Kubla Khan · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816
- 502 · Care and Feeding · Billy Collins · pm Five Points Spring 2003
- 503 · Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond · e. e. cummings · pm ViVa by e. e. cummings, Boni & Liveright, 1931
- 504 · Perfect Dress · Marisa de los Santos · pm From the Bones Out by Marisa De Los Santos, University of South Carolina Press, 2000
- 505 · I’m Nobody! Who Are You? · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891
- 506 · I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 506 · Because I Could Not Stop for Death · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1890
- 507 · Death Be Not Proud · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633, as “Sonnet X”
- 508 · The Flea · John Donne · pm Poems by John Donne, Henry Seyle, 1633
- 508 · We Wear the Mask · Paul Laurence Dunbar · pm Majors and Minors by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Hadley & Hadley, 1895
- 509 · The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · T. S. Eliot · pm Poetry June 1915
- 513 · Bilingual/Bilingüe · Rhina P. Espaillat · pm Where Horizons Go by Rhina P. Espaillat, New Odyssey Press, 1998
- 514 · Mending Wall · Robert Frost · pm North of Boston by Robert Frost, David Nutt, 1914
- 516 · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening · Robert Frost · pm New Hampshire by Robert Frost, Henry Holt, 1923
- 516 · A Supermarket in California · Allen Ginsberg · pm Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, City Lights Books, 1956
- 517 · The Convergence of the Twain · Thomas Hardy · pm Souvenir Programme of the Dramatic and Operatic Matinée in Aid of the “Titanic” Disaster Fund, Royal Opera House, 1912
- 519 · Those Winter Sundays · Robert Hayden · pm A Ballad of Remembrance by Robert Hayden, Heritage Series of Black Poetry, 1962
- 520 · Digging · Seamus Heaney · pm Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber, 1966
- 521 · Easter Wings · George Herbert · pm The Temple by George Herbert, Thom. Buck and Roger Daniel, 1633
- 521 · To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648
- 522 · Spring and Fall · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 522 · The Windhover · Gerard Manley Hopkins · pm Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oxford University Press, 1918
- 523 · To an Athlete Dying Young · A. E. Housman · pm A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, A.E. Housman, 1896
- 524 · Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now · A. E. Housman · pm A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, A.E. Housman, 1896
- 524 · The Negro Speaks of Rivers · Langston Hughes · pm The Crisis June 1921
- 525 · Harlem · Langston Hughes · pm Montage of a Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes, Henry Holt and Company, 1951
- 525 · The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner · Randall Jarrell · pm Little Friend, Little Friend by Randall Jarrell, Dial Press, 1945
- 525 · To the Stone-Cutters · Robinson Jeffers · pm Tamar and Other Poems by Robinson Jeffers, self-published, 1924
- 526 · On My First Son · Ben Jonson · pm The Workes of Beniamin Ionson by Ben Jonson, William Stansby, 1616
- 526 · On the Death of Friends in Childhood · Donald Justice · pm The Summer Anniversaries by Donald Justice, Wesleyan University Press, 1960
- 527 · Ode on a Grecian Urn · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820
- 528 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.
- 530 · Abandoned Farmhouse · Ted Kooser · pm Sure Signs by Ted Kooser, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980
- 531 · Home Is So Sad · Philip Larkin · pm The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin, Faber and Faber, 1964
- 532 · The New Colossus · Emma Lazarus · pm The Art Amateur January 1884
first read at the opening of the “Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty” on November 2, 1883.
- 532 · Learning to Love America · Shirley Geok-lin Lim · pm What the Fortune Teller Didn’t Say by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, West End Press, 1998
- 533 · Skunk Hour · Robert Lowell · pm Partisan Review Winter 1958
- 535 · To His Coy Mistress · Andrew Marvell · pm Miscellaneous poems by Andrew Marvell, Esq. by Andrew Marvell, Robert Boulter, 1681
- 536 · When I Consider How My Light Is Spent · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton, 2nd edn. by John Milton, Thomas Dring, 1673
- 537 · Poetry · Marianne Moore · pm Others: A Magazine of the New Verse July 1919
- 538 · A Strange Beautiful Woman · Marilyn Nelson · pm Mama’s Promises by Marilyn Nelson, Louisiana State University Press, 1985
- 539 · We Are Many · Pablo Neruda; translated by Alastair Reid · pm We Are Many by Pablo Neruda, tr. Alastair Reid, Cape Goliard Press, 1967
translated from the Spanish (“Muchos somos”, Estravagario, 1958).
- 540 · Poet’s Work · Lorine Niedecker · pm Collected Works by Jenny Penberthy, University of California Press, 2002
- 540 · A Selection of Hokku · Yone Noguchi · pm An Introduction to Poetry ed. X. J. Kennedy, Little, Brown & Co., 1966
- 541 · The One Girl at the Boys’ Party · Sharon Olds · pm The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984
- 542 · Anthem for Doomed Youth · Wilfred Owen · pm Poems by Wilfred Owen, Chatto and Windus, 1920
- 543 · High Treason · José Emilio Pacheco; translated by Alastair Reid · pm Backpack Literature ed. X. J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia, Pearson, 2005
translated from the Spanish (“Alta traición”, No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo, 1969).
- 543 · Daddy · Sylvia Plath · pm Ariel by Sylvia Plath, Faber and Faber, 1965
- 546 · A Little Learning Is a Dang’rous Thing · Alexander Pope · ex from An Essay on Criticism, W. Lewis, 1711
- 546 · The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter · Ezra Pound · pm Cathay by Ezra Pound, Elkin Mathews, 1915
loosely translated from a poem by the Chinese poet Li Bai, called “Chánggān Xíng”.
- 547 · A Different Image · Dudley Randall · pm The Black Poets ed. Dudley Randall, Bantam, 1971
- 548 · Naming of Parts · Henry Reed · pm The New Statesman and Nation August 1942
- 549 · Living in Sin · Adrienne Rich · pm The New Yorker January 23 1954
- 549 · Miniver Cheevy · Edwin Arlington Robinson · pm Scribner’s Magazine March 1907
- 550 · When, in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 29”
- 550 · My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun · William Shakespeare · pm Shake-speares Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Thomas Thorpe, 1609, as “Sonnet 130”
- 552 · Ozymandias · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm The Examiner January 11 1818
- 552 · Titanic · David R. Slavitt · pm Equinox & Other Poems by David R. Slavitt, Louisiana State University Press, 1983
- 553 · The Emperor of Ice-Cream · Wallace Stevens · pm Harmonium by Wallace Stevens, Knopf, 1923
- 553 · Vertigo · Larissa Szporluk · pm Isolato by Larissa Szporluk, University of Iowa Press, 2000
- 554 · Ulysses · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Moxon, 1842
- 556 · Fern Hill · Dylan Thomas · pm Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art October 1945
- 558 · Ex-Basketball Player · John Updike · pm The New Yorker July 6 1957
- 559 · The Virgins · Derek Walcott · pm Sea Grapes by Derek Walcott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976
- 560 · Go, Lovely Rose · Edmund Waller · pm Poems by Edmund Waller, C & J Ollier, 1645, as “Song”
- 560 · Song of the Open Road · Walt Whitman · ex Leaves of Grass (Second Edition) by Walt Whitman, self-published, 1856, as “Poem of the Road”
- 561 · The Writer · Richard Wilbur · pm The Mind-Reader by Richard Wilbur, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976
- 562 · Spring and All · William Carlos Williams · pm Spring and All by William Carlos Williams, Contact Publishing Co., 1923, as “I”
- 563 · Composed Upon Westminster Bridge · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807
- 564 · Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio · James Wright · pm The Branch Will Not Break by James Wright, Wesleyan University Press, 1963
- 564 · Sailing to Byzantium · William Butler Yeats · pm The Tower by W. B. Yeats, Macmillan and Co., 1928
- 565 · When You Are Old · William Butler Yeats · pm The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics by William Butler Yeats, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892
- 566 · Penitents · Bernice Zamora · pm Restless Serpents by Bernice Zamora, Diseños Literarios, 1976
- 567 · Drama
- 569 · Chapter 22: Reading a Play
- 571 · Trifles · Susan Glaspell · pl Players Press, 1916
- 592 · Chapter 23: Modes of Drama: Tragedy and Comedy
- 594 · Doctor Faustus · Christopher Marlowe; edited by Sylvan Barnet · ex from The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Thomas Bushnell, 1604
- 603 · Sure Thing · David Ives · pl All in the Timing by David Ives, Dramatists Play Service, 1994
- 616 · Chapter 24: The Theater of Sophocles
- 623 · Oedipus the King · Sophocles; translated by Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald · pl The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles, tr. Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1949
- 668 · Chapter 25: The Theater of Shakespeare
- 672 · Othello, the Moor of Venice · William Shakespeare · pl Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623
- 793 · Chapter 26: The Modern Theater
- 795 · A Doll’s House · Henrik Ibsen; edited by Viktoria Michelsen; translated by R. Farquharson Sharp · pl J.M. Dent, 1910
translated from the Norwegian (“Et Dukkehjem”, 1879).
- 861 · The Cuban Swimmer · Milcha Sanchez-Scott · pl Dog Lady and The Cuban Swimmer by Milcha Sanchez-Scott, Theatre Communications Group, 1984
- 880 · Chapter 28: Plays for Further Reading
- 880 · Beauty · Jane Martin · pl Talking With by Jane Martin, Samuel French, Inc., 1982
- 886 · Death of a Salesman · Arthur Miller · pl Viking, March 1949
- 969 · The Glass Menagerie · Tennessee Williams · pl Random House, 1945
- 1026 · Fences · August Wilson · pl Plume, June 1986
- 1089 · Writing
- 1091 · Chapter 28: Writing About Literature
- 1092 · Nothing Gold Can Stay · Robert Frost · pm The Yale Review October 1923
- 1152 · Chapter 30: Writing a Research Paper
- 1187 · Index of Authors and Titles · [uncredited] · ix
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