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245 00 a| Robert Frost in context /c| edited by Mark Richardson, Doshisha University.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2014.;

300 a| xxiv, 406 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Literature in Context;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "This new critical volume offers a fresh, multifaceted assessment of Robert Frost's life and works. Nearly every aspect of the poet's career is treated: his interest in poetics and style; his role as a public figure; his deep fascination with science, psychology, and education; his peculiar and difficult relation to religion; his investments, as thinker and writer, in politics and war; the way he dealt with problems of mental illness that beset his sister and two of his children; and, finally, the complex geo-political contexts that inform some of his best poetry. Contributors include a number of influential scholars of Frost, but also such distinguished poets as Paul Muldoon, Dana Gioia, Mark Scott, and Jay Parini. Essays eschew jargon and employ highly readable prose, offering scholars, students, and general readers of Frost a broadly accessible reference and guide"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Robert Frost in context / edited by Mark Richardson, Doshisha University.

Other author	Richardson, Mark, 1963- editor.
Format	Book
Publication	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description	xxiv, 406 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Frost, Robert, 1874-1963--Criticism and interpretation.

Series	Literature in Context Cambridge contexts in literature. ^A1185378
Contents	Editor's preface / by 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 Chandler; 11. Frost and anthologies / Mark Scott; 12. 'Measuring myself against all creation': Robert Frost and pastoral / Robert Bernard Hass; 13. From Thomas Aquinas to 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 Gould 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 Gould Axelrod -- Part V. Geopolitical Contexts: 23. 'What became of New England?': Frost and rural sociology / Donald G. Sheehy; 24. Figures of the tourist and guide in Frost / Marit MacArthur; 25. Frost and a 'native America' / Eric Anderson; 26. Reading Frost environmentally: contexts then and now / 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, 1912-1915 / 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 / Donald G. Sheehy -- Part IX. Frost and Gender: 39. Education by poetry: Robert Frost, women, and children / Karen L. Kilcup; 40. Robert Frost and heroic normativity and the sexual politics of: form / Paul Morrison.
Abstract	"This new critical volume offers a fresh, multifaceted assessment of Robert Frost's life and works. Nearly every aspect of the poet's career is treated: his interest in poetics and style; his role as a public figure; his deep fascination with science, psychology, and education; his peculiar and difficult relation to religion; his investments, as thinker and writer, in politics and war; the way he dealt with problems of mental illness that beset his sister and two of his children; and, finally, the complex geo-political contexts that inform some of his best poetry. Contributors include a number of influential scholars of Frost, but also such distinguished poets as Paul Muldoon, Dana Gioia, Mark Scott, and Jay Parini. Essays eschew jargon and employ highly readable prose, offering scholars, students, and general readers of Frost a broadly accessible reference and guide"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013044143
ISBN	9781107022881 (hardback)
ISBN	1107022886 (hardback)

Robert Frost in context / edited by Mark Richardson, Doshisha University.

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