Further Reading
CRITICISM
Ciardi, John. “What Does It Take to Enjoy a Poem?” In Saturday Review Treasury, edited by John Havertick and others, pp. 385-93. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957.
Asserts that adults should enjoy a poem as a child does, for its images and rhythm.
Hurley, Andrew. “Waiting for the Other Shoe: Some Observations on Rhyme.” In Auctor Ludens: Essays on Play in Literature, edited by Gerald Guinness and Andrew Hurley, pp. 127-36. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986.
Discusses rhyme in poetry using arguments presented in John Ciardi's and Miller Williams's How Does a Poem Mean?
Additional coverage of Ciardi's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Children's Literature Review, Vol. 19; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5-8R, 118; Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 5, 33; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 5; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, Vol. 86; DISCovering Authors Modules: Poets; Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults; Major 20th-Century Writers; Something About the Author, Vols. 1, 46, 65; and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, Vol. 26.
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