| Where to Start | Journal Articles |
| Suggested Readings | Websites |
| Suggested Subject Headings | Cite Your Sources |
- Search the Literature Online (LION) database to find background, criticism, and selected web sites about the connection between poems and artwork. Try searching for a specific poem and see if an artist has created a pictoral version.
- Try the Literature Resource Center database as well for criticism or conduct an author or title search for an article.
- Search the Library Catalog (see "Suggested Subject Headings" below).
- To dig deeper, search the MLA and Humanities Full-Text databases.
| The Engraved Designs of William Blake | -- NE642 .B5 B5 1967 |
| Fables De La Fontaine avec de Nouvelles Remarques Explicatives Philologiques et Litteraires | -- 841 L16 |
| How Poets See the World | -- PS310 .V57 S67 2005, and through netLibrary |
| The Life and Work of Kate Greenaway | -- ND1942 .G8 S7 1986 |
| Milton: A Poem | -- PR4144 .M6 1993 |
| Poets on Painters | -- available through netLibrary |
| Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary Status of the Human Soul | -- PR4144 .S6 1967, PR4144 .S6 1991 |
| Treasury of Hours: Selections from Illuminated Prayer Books | -- ND3363 .A1 F3913 2005 |
Use these terms to perform a subject search in the library's catalog. Be sure to browse through the headings list you get to see subtopics.
- Art
- Art and literature
- Art in literature
- Blake, William, 1757-1827
- Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Illustrations
- Poetry
Use the following library databases to find journal articles about the connection between poems and artwork, specifically prints, in addition to biographical information, essays, and other critical and reference resources.
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Humanities Full-Text
Indexes articles under the subjects of archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. -
Literature Online (LION)
Fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. -
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. -
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, books, and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, this database goes back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
English Country Poems -- this is more of a commercial site, but it shows how poems and illustrations can be combined
Marc Chagall: The Fables of de la Fontaine (1927-1930)
Poetry Jam Podcast -- USF Libraries April 13, 2007 blog entry about the Print & Poems project between the English and Art Departments. The University of North Alabama and the University of Montevallo also have a similar program, but regreatably examples of their work is not online.
Poets.org -- from the Academy of American Poets
Proudly We Serve: View Prints & Read Poems -- poems and prints about the U.S. Armed Forces
| Citing Sources | -- from the Duke University Libraries |
| MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | -- RREF LB2369 .G52 2003 * |
* RREF stands for Ready Reference near the reference desk on the first floor.
Need more help finding resources? Email me at kowens@flagler.edu or visit the Library's Reference Desk.
Last Updated: September 03, 2008