Robert Frost : the work of knowing : with a new afterword

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Robert Frost : the work of knowing : with a new afterword

Richard Poirier ; new foreword by John Hollander

Stanford University Press, 1990

  • : pbk.

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-342) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780804717410

Description

A Stanford University Press classic.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword John Hollander
  • To the reader
  • 1. A preview
  • 2. Beginnings
  • 3. Outward bound
  • 4. Time and the keeping of poetry
  • 5. 'The exception I like to think I am in everything'
  • 6. The work of knowing
  • Afterword
  • Index.
Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780804717427

Description

The work of American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) aspired to be accessible and colloquial. Instead of looking to Europe for inspiration, as did some of his contemoraries, Frost aimed to develop an authentic voice, with the rhythms and vocabulary of everyday American speech.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword John Hollander
  • To the reader
  • 1. A preview
  • 2. Beginnings
  • 3. Outward bound
  • 4. Time and the keeping of poetry
  • 5. 'The exception I like to think I am in everything'
  • 6. The work of knowing
  • Afterword
  • Index.

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