Robert Frost speaking on campus : excerpts from his talks, 1949-1962 / edited by Edward Connery Lathem ; introduced by David M. Shribman.
| Author/creator | Frost, Robert |
| Other author | Lathem, Edward Connery. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2009. |
| Description | xxv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Speeches. Selections |
| Portion of title | Speaking on campus |
| Contents | Getting up things to say for yourself -- Where poetry comes in -- Handling figures of speech -- "Anxiety for the Liberal Arts" -- A book side to everything -- Not freedom from, but freedom of -- Of rapid reading and what we call "completion" -- No surprise to me, no surprise to anybody else -- Pieces of knitting to go on with -- Everything in the world comes in pairs -- My kind of fooling -- About "the great misgiving" -- Wondering how convictions are had -- Something you live by till you live by something else -- Some gamble-- something of uncertainty -- The future of the world -- Hang around for the refinement of sentiment -- What I think I'm doing when I write a poem -- Of the "elect" and the "elected" -- Fall in love at sight -- Thinking about generalizations -- "In on the ground floor" -- A certain restlessness -- About thinking and of perishing to shine -- A gentler interest in the fine things -- Let's say bravely-- that poetry counts -- I'll tell you a little about my walks. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009009082 |
| ISBN | 9780393071238 : |
| ISBN | 0393071235 |