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Informationen zum Autor Mark Richardson is Professor of English at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. He is the author of The Ordeal of Robert Frost (1997); co-editor, with Richard Poirier, of Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays (1995); and editor of The Collected Prose of Robert Frost (2007). He is also co-editor of a forthcoming three-volume edition of Frost's letters. Klappentext Forty essays from influential scholars and poets offer a fresh, multifaceted assessment of the life and works of Robert Frost. Zusammenfassung A fresh! multifaceted assessment of Robert Frost's life and works. Contributors include a number of influential scholars! but also such distinguished poets as Paul Muldoon! Dana Gioia! Mark Scott! and Jay Parini. Essays employ highly readable prose! offering scholars and students of Frost an accessible yet comprehensive reference and guide. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's preface Mark Richardson; Part I. Frost in Stylistic Contexts: 1. The fate of the Frost speaker Margery Sabin; 2. The figure Frost's prose makes Joseph M. Thomas and Mark Richardson; 3. Frost and sports: pitching into poetry Alec Marsh; 4. Frost as a man of letters Robert Faggen; Part II. Literary Historical Contexts: 5. Robert Frost's design Paul Muldoon; 6. The lay of the land in Frost's Steeple Bush Jay Parini; 7. Frost and the modern narrative poem Dana Gioia; 8. Frost and modernism John Cooper; 9. Frost and modern drama Yasuko Shiojiri; 10. Frost and the 'Masque' tradition David John Chandler; 11. Frost and anthologies Mark Scott; 12. 'Measuring myself against all creation': Frost and pastoral Robert Bernard Hass; 13. Thomas Aquinas and The Voyage of the Beagle: Frost's reading David Tutein; Part III. Philosophical and Religious Contexts: 14. Frost and pragmatism Jonathan Levin; 15. Frost and the provocation of religion James Barszcz; 16. Frost and the Bible Robert Faggen; Part IV. Political and Historical Contexts: 17. Frost's political identity Steven Axelrod; 18. Frost and the Great Depression David Evans; 19. The post-Reconstruction Frost Mark Richardson; 20. Frost and the First World War Tim Kendall; 21. Frost and the Second World War Grzegorz Kosc; 22. Frost and the Cold War Steven Axelrod; Part V. Geo-Political Contexts: 23. 'What became of New England?': Frost and rural sociology Donald Sheehy; 24. Figures of the tourist and guide in Frost Marit MacArthur; 25. Frost and a 'native America' Eric Anderson; 26. Reading Frost environmentally Thomas Bailey; Part VI. Biographical Contexts: 27. Frost and the problem of biography William Pritchard; 28. The Derry years of Robert Frost Lesley Lee Francis; 29. All the difference: Robert Frost in England, 1912-15 Sean Street; Part VII. Vocational Contexts: 30. Frost and education Mark Scott; 31. Frost and the institutionalization of poetry Mark Richardson; 32. The artifactual Frost: the book trade, collectors, and fine printing Pat Alger; 33. Robert Frost in the magazines Jonathan N. Barron; 34. Meet the press: Frost as pundit Lisa Seale; 35. Frost and the public performance of poetry Tyler Hoffman; Part VIII. Scientific and Psychiatric Contexts: 36. Frost and astronomy Henry Atmore; 37. Frost and 'The future of man' Henry Atmore; 38. 'Everybody's sanity': metaphor and mental health in Frost Don Sheehy; Part IX. Frost and Gender: 39. Education by poetry: Frost, women, and children Karen Kilcup; 40. Frost and heroic normativity: form and sexuality Paul Morrison; Further reading; Index....
