Cambridge Companion to Robert Frost

Klappentext A collection of specially-commissioned essays! enabling readers to explore Frost's art and thought. Zusammenfassung This collection of specially commissioned essays will enable readers to explores Frost's art and thought! from the controversies of his biography to his reinvention of poetic and metric traditions. This volume is complemented by a chronology and guide to further reading which will prove valuable to scholars and students alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The lives of Robert Frost Donald Sheehy; 2. Biography and the poetry of Robert Frost William Pritchard; 3. Frost and the question of pastoral Robert Faggen; 4. Frost and the ancient muses Helen Bacon; 5. Frost as a New England poet Lawrence Buell; 6. Meter and versification Timothy Steele; 7. Frost and metaphor Judith Oster; 8. Frost and the meditative lyric Blanford Parker; 9. Frost and poetic choice Mark Richardson; 10. Frost's politics George Monteiro; 11. Frost and economics Guy Rotella; 12. Human presence in Frost's poetry John Cunningham.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Faggen, Robert (Claremont Mckenna College Faggen
• Assisted by: Robert Faggen (Editor), Faggen Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2001
• EAN: 9780521632485
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63248-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets