The Poetry of Robert Frost brings together for the first time the full contents of all eleven of Frost's individual books of verse, from A Boy's Will through In the Clearing.
Robert Frost has long been recognized as one of America's greatest poets. Besides occupying a central and commanding position in American letters, he is one of the few poets whose work is widely read.
More than 350 poems comprise this new volume, scrupulously prepared under the editorship of Edward Connery Lathem, a Frost scholar, Librarian of Dartmouth College, and friend of the poet.
Mr. Lathem, in his notes, records extensive bibliographical information about the publication of Robert Frost's poetry during nearly three-quarters of a century--from 1894, when his first poem appeared in a publication of national circulation, to the final volume the poet worked on just before his death. The editor also carefully traces textual changes that have occurred in the poetry over the years.
This handsome volume, the standard edition of Frost's poetry, is a lasting tribute to America's best-loved poet.
]]>Edited by preeminent Frost scholar Robert Faggen and annotated to help readers with the poet's more elusive references, the notebooks are also thoroughly cross-referenced, marking thematic connections within these and Frost's other writings, including his poetry, letters, and other prose. This is a major new addition to the canon of Robert Frost's writings.
(20061120)]]>Performers Susan Anspach, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Elliott Gould, among others, heighten the conversational cadences of a writer who seldom strayed from his beloved iambs. Included are "Mending Wall," "The Road Not Taken," "The Death of the Hired Man," "The Fear," and much more, all complete and unabridged. (Running time: 1 hour, 1 cassette) --Martha Silano
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<UL> <LI>Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases <LI>Make bookmarks, notes, highlights <LI>Searchable and interlinked. <LI>Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. <LI>Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop.</LI></UL>Table of Contents:
A Boy's Will (1913)
Into My Own
Ghost House
My November Guest
Love and a Question
A Late Walk
Stars
Storm Fear
Wind and Window Flower
To the Thawing Wind
A Prayer in Spring
Flower-gathering
Rose Pogonia
Asking for Roses
Waiting--Afield at Dusk
In a Vale
A Dream Pang
In Neglect
The Vantage Point
Mowing
Going for Water
Revelation
The Trial by Existence
In Equal Sacrifice
The Tuft of Flowers
Spoils of the Dead
Pan with Us
The Demiurge's Laugh
Now Close the Windows
A Line-storm Song
October
My Butterfly
Reluctance
North of Boston (1914)
The Pasture
Mending Wall
The Death of the Hired Man
The Mountain
A Hundred Collars
Home Burial
The Black Cottage
Blueberries
A Servant to Servants
After Apple-picking
The Code
The Generations of Men
The Housekeeper
The Fear
The Self-seeker
The Wood-pile
Good Hours
Mountain Interval (1916; revised 1920)
The Road Not Taken
Christmas Trees
An Old Man's Winter Night
The Exposed Nest
A Patch of Old Snow
In the Home Stretch
The Telephone
Meeting and Passing
Hyla Brook
The Oven Bird
Bond and Free
Birches
Pea Brush
Putting in the Seed
A Time to Talk
The Cow in Apple Time
An Encounter
Range-finding
The Hill Wife
The Bonfire
A Girl's Garden
Locked Out
The Last Word of a Bluebird
"Out, Out-"
Brown's Descent, or the Willy-nilly Slide
The Gum-gatherer
The Line-gang
The Vanishing Red
Snow
The Sound of the Trees
Miscellaneous Poems to 1920
"The Ax-Helve"
"Fire and Ice"
"The Flower Boat"
"For Once, Then, Something"
"Fragmentary Blue"
"Good-by and Keep Cold"
"The Lockless Door"
"The Need of Being Versed in Country Things"
"Not to Keep"
"Place for a Third"
"Plowmen"
"The Runaway"
"To E.T."
"The Valley's Singing Day"
"Wild Grapes"
The Collected Prose of Robert Frost offers an extensive and illuminating body of work, ranging from juvenilia--Frost's contributions to his high school Bulletin--to the charming "chicken stories" he wrote as a young family man for Eastern Poultryman and Farm Poultry, to such famous essays as "The Figure a Poem Makes" and the speeches and contributions to magazines solicited when he had become the Grand Old Man of American letters. Gathered, annotated, and cross-referenced by Mark Richardson, the collection is based on extensive work in archives of Frost's manuscripts. It provides detailed notes on the author's habits of composition and on important textual issues and includes much previously unpublished material. It is a book of boundless appeal and importance, one that should find a home on the bookshelf of anyone interested in Frost.
]]>This collection celebrates the work of four of America's finest poets: Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Carl Sandburg. To an extent, all of them have taken the road less traveled. Whitman was widely celebrated as the first thoroughly "American" poet, while Dickinson toiled in secret. Frost and Sandburg wrote about everyday incidents, finding the honest grace in common things. An all-star cast, including Stephanie Beacham, Melissa Manchester, Burt Reynolds, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., reads the more than 100 poems. From Sandburg's swaggering word portraits to Dickinson's crisp anecdotes, this collection is a wonderful introduction to American poetry. Listen to Carl Reiner read Carl Sandburg's "Ice Handler." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 3 hours, 2 cassettes) --C.B. Delaney
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