The Cambridge companion to Robert Frost
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
This collection of specially commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Robert Frost's poetry and life. Frost remains one of the most memorable and beguiling of modern poets. The essays in this volume enable readers to explore Frost's art and thought, from the controversies of his biography to his subtle reinvention of poetic and metric traditions. This volume will bring fresh perspectives to the poetry of an American master, and its chronology and guide to further reading will prove valuable to scholars and students alike.
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ISBN
9780521634946
052163248
9780521632485
052163248
9780521632485
Table of Contents
From the Book
Introduction / Robert Faggen --
"Stay unassuming": the lives of Robert Frost / Donald G. Sheehy --
Frost biography and A witness tree / William Pritchard --
Frost and the questions of pastoral / Robert Faggen --
Frost and the ancient muses / Helen Bacon --
Frost as a New England poet / Lawrence Buell --
"Across spaces of the footed line": the meter and versification of Robert Frost / Timothy Steele --
Frost's poetry of metaphor / Judith Oster --
Frost and the meditative lyric / Blanford Parker --
Frost's poetics of control / Mark Richardson --
Frost's politics and the Cold War / George Monteiro --
"Synonymous with kept": Frost and economics / Guy Rotella --
Human presence in Frost's universe / John Cunningham.
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