Recommended Subject Headings
Here is the relevant Library of Congress classification for
French literature:
PQ
When conducting a search for various titles related to French Poetry or Literature, the following LC subject headings will be very useful:
French literature – History and criticism
French literature – Philosophy
French literature – Translations into English
French poetry
French poetry – To 1500
If you would to begin a search in the library catalog, click here
University of Oregon Library
The Knight Library at the University of Oregon has an impressive number of titles on the subject of French poetry. Click here to search the UO Libraries Catalog.
Here is a sample list:
20th-century French Poems by ISBN: 0571196837
One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine : a Bilingual Edition by ISBN: 0226853446
Books & eBooks
Below is a sample of French poetry books in the LCC Library collection:
The Yale Anthology of Twentieth-Century French PoetryISBN: 9780300100105Distinguished scholar and editor Mary Ann Caws has chosen work by more than 100 poets. Her deliberately extensive, international selection includes work by Francophone poets, by writers better known for accomplishments in other genres (novelists, songwriters, performance artists), and by many more female poets than have typically been represented in past anthologies of modern French poetry.
Rimbaud ; Complete Works, Selected Letters by Call Number: PQ2387.R5 A245 1966ISBN: 0226719731Publication Date: 1966Wallace Fowlie's prose translations accompany the original French texts in this, the first complete bilingual edition of Rimbaud's work in prose and poetry.
Les fleurs du mal : édition de 1861 by Call Number: PQ2191 .F6 1999ISBN: 207040904XPublication Date: 1999This translation of Baudelaire's magnum opus, perhaps the most powerful and influential book of verse from the 19th century, won the American Book Award for Translation. And the honor was well-deserved, for this is one of Richard Howard's greatest efforts. It's all here: a timeless translation, the complete French text, and Mazur's striking black and white monotypes in one elegant edition.
Recommended Database for Poetry Research
Academic Search Complete
Full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Click on the link below to begin your search:
Reference Collections
Looking for background information on a poet? Try searching the reference databases below:
Credo Reference
Use Credo Reference to search and access over 460 high-quality encyclopedias and dictionaries and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. To begin your search, click on the link below:
Gale Virtual Reference
Provides access to nearly 100 complete reference works, including encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks. To begin your search, click on the link below:
French Language Poets
Poetry in Translation
This website contains translations of classic texts by famous poets as well as original poetry and critical works. Click on the link below:
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a simple way which makes it easier for students, researchers and people associated with the academia to conduct broad research for scholarly literature, articles, peer-reviewed papers, thesis, books and various academic resources. It is important to note that the full texts of articles in Google Scholar are not necessarily available freely to all searchers. Students using Google Scholar are encouraged to contact or meet with librarians and talk how they can obtain the full-text of an article(s) or the entire book.