The Cambridge Companion to Robert Frost

A collection of specially-commissioned essays, enabling readers to explore Frost's art and thought.

Robert Faggen (Edited by)

9780521634946, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 June 2001

304 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg

"I was impressed by the evenness of the work, the insightful and incisive quality of the articles, which together amount to a judicious and sensitive treatment of the poet and his poetry. One of the most notable achievements of the essays is the fact that one never forgets in reading through them that Frost was first and foremost a craftsman of verse...I also commend the volume for its dedication to revealing for us the historical Frost...The delicate art of petry and Frost's vital metaphorical imaginiation come alive in the Cambridge Companion, and close attention to the book can make us better readers not only of Frost's poetry but of all poetry." The Robert Frost Review 2002

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: poetry & poets [DSC]