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Ode to a Nightingale

John Keats wrote “Ode to a Nightingale” in 1819 in response to the song of a nightingale. The poem deals with the trials of everyday life and the role of imagination.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PR4837

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (ed.). The Odes of Keats. 1987.

                   Call Number: PR4837.O34 1987

• Keats, John. The Poetical Works of Keats. 1975.

                   Call Number: PR4831.S5 1975

• McFarland, Thomas. The Masks of Keats. 2000.

                  Call Number: PR4837.M44 2000

• O’Roarke, James. Keats’s Odes and Contemporary Criticism. 1998.

                   Call Number: PR4837.O75 1998

• Vendler, Helen. The Odes of John Keats. 1983.

                 Call Number: PR4837.V43 1983

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

•  Keats, John

Reference Materials

• Critical Survey of Poetry (Second Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN1021.C7 2003

o   Vol. 4, pg. 2019

• Masterplots II: Poetry Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN1110.5.M37 2002

o   Vol. 5, pg. 2765-67

• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism – Call Number: REF PN761.N5

o   Vol. 8, pg. 328, 332, 351, 355, 365, 368-9, 376-8, 380, 386-8, 390-1

o   Vol. 73, pg. 143, 154, 159, 165-6, 174, 184, 198-201, 209, 212-3, 244, 261-2, 294, 309, 312

o   Vol. 121, pg. 110-12, 123, 144

• Poetry Criticism – Call Number: REF PN1010 .P6

o   Vol. 1, pg. 281-3, 295-8, 301, 303, 305, 307-9, 314-5

•  Poetry for Students – Call Number: REF PN1112 .P752

o   Vol. 3, pg. 227-44

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
•  Literature Resources from Gale
• Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO) 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised November 21, 2021