| Description |
xxii, 281 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
This collection of 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. Writing in the tradition of Virgil, Milton, and Wordsworth, he transformed pastoral and georgic poetry both in subject matter and form. Mastering the rhythms of ordinary speech, Frost made country life the point from which to view the world and the complexities of human psychology. 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 and the conflicts in his thought about politics, gender, science and religion. This volume includes a chronology and guide to further reading. |
| Subject |
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. (OCoLC)fst00030024
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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| Added Title |
Companion to Robert Frost |
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Robert Frost |
| ISBN |
052163248X |
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9780521632485 |
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0521634946 (paperback) |
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9780521634946 (paperback) |
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