The Cambridge Companion to Robert Frost (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

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. 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. 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 will bring fresh perspectives to the lyric, narrative and dramatic poetry of an American master, and its chronology and guide to further reading will prove valuable to scholars and students alike Robert Frost is one of the most popular American poets and remains widely read. His work is deceptively simple, but reveals its complexities upon close reading. This Introduction provides a comprehensive but intensive look at his remarkable oeuvre. The poetry is discussed in detail in relation to ancient and modern traditions as well as to Frost's particular interests in language and sound, metaphor, science, religion, and politics. Faggen both looks back to the literary traditions that shape Frost's use of form and language, and forward to examine his influence on poets writing today. The recent controversies in Frost criticism and in particular in Frost biography are brought into sharp focus as they have shaped the poet's legacy and legend. The most accessible overview available, this book will be invaluable to students, readers and admirers of Frost. 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 Machine generated contents note: i "Stay Unassuming": the Lives of Robert Frost DONALD G. SHEEHY z Frost Biography and A Witness Tree WILLIAM PRITCHARD 3 Frost and the Questions of Pastoral ROBERT FAGGEN 4 Frost and the Ancient Muses HELEN BACON 5 Frost as a New England Poet LAWRENCE BUELL 6 "Across Spaces of the Footed Line": the Meter and Versification of Robert Frost TIMOTHY STEELE 7 Frost's Poetry of Metaphor JUDITH OSTER 8 Frost and the Meditative Lyric BLANFORD PARKER 9 Frost's Poeics of Control MARK RICHARDSON 10 Frost's Politics and the Cold War GEORGE MONTEIRO 11. "Synonymous with Kept": Frost and Economics GUY ROTELLA 12. Human Presence in Frost's Universe JOHN CUNNINGHAM Select bibliography Index. Edited By Robert Faggen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.