Citing Poetry Criticism

Entries in Poetry Criticism contain excerpts from articles and books. Therefore, what your citation will look like will depend on where material you cite was originally published: in a book or in an article. Check the beginning or the end of the excerpt you cite for source information.

To cite an excerpt from an article in Poetry Criticism, use the following format:

Malmgren, Carl D. "On the Road Reconsidered: Kerouac and the
      Modernist Tradition." Ball State University Forum 30 (1989):
      59-67. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Linda Pavloski and Scott
      Darga. Vol. 117. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 204-9.

To cite an excerpt from a book in Poetry Criticism, use the following format:

Freibert, Lucy M. "Control and Creativity: The Politics of Risk
     in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale." Critical Essays
     on Margaret Atwood. Ed. Judith McCombs and G. K. Hall, 1988.
     280-91. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W.
     Hunter, et al. Vol. 135. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 13-18.

In both cases, you begin with the original source citation followed by the citation for Poetry Criticism.