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Subject(s)

• Frost, Robert 1874-1963 [Browse]
• Frost, Robert 1874-1963—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]

Series

• Blackwell critical biographies. [More in this series]
• Blackwell critical Biographies

Summary note

The Life of Robert Frost presents a unique and rich approach to the poet that includes original genealogical research concerning Frost's ancestors, and a demonstration of how mental illness plagued the Frost family and heavily influenced Frost's poetry. A widely revealing biography of Frost that discusses his often perplexing journey from humble roots to poetic fame, revealing new details of Frost's life Takes a unique approach by giving attention to Frost's genealogy and the family history of mental illness, presenting a complete picture of Frost's complexity Discusses the traumatic effect on Frost of his father's early death and the impact on his poetry and outlook Presents original information on the influence of his mother's Swedenborgian mysticism

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-422) and index

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

System details

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Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 17, 2017).

Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations and Author's Note
• Chapter 1 The New England Frosts
• Chapter 2 Rebel Sons and Punitive Fathers
• Chapter 3 Strong Man's Food and Swedenborgian Mysticism
• Chapter 4 "A Boy's Will Is the Wind's Will"
• Chapter 5 Reluctant Yankees
• Chapter 6 Monuments to After‐thought
• Chapter 7 "Precipitate in Love"
• Chapter 8 Adventures in the Great Dismal Swamp
• 9 From Riffraff to Harvard
• 10 Deaths of a Son and a Hired Man
• Chapter 11 Indoor and Outdoor Schooling
• Chapter 12 Hen Man in the Academy
• Chapter 13 To the Land of The Golden Treasury
• Chapter 14 The Lively Gallows
• Chapter 15 Victory at Home
• Chapter 16 Amherst Interval
• Chapter 17 Sense and Sensibility
• Chapter 18 A Home that Never Was on Land or Sea
• Chapter 19 Something beyond Conflict
• Chapter 20 Delivering Battle
• Chapter 21 Weddings, Divorces, and Funerals
• Chapter 22 A Survivalist's Further Range
• Chapter 23 Elinor's Final Ordeal
• Chapter 24 Inferno to Vita Nuova
• Chapter 25 A Biblical Job by a Witness Tree
• Chapter 26 Mercy for the Damned
• Chapter 27 Mr Frost Goes to Washington
• Chapter 28 A Brief Shining Moment with the Kennedys
• Chapter 29 Last Act on the Global Stage
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• EULA.

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ISBN

• 1-119-10367-3
• 1-119-10366-5

OCLC

971493623

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