| Description |
xxxii, 378 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Articles and editorials from the Lawrence, Massachusetts, High School bulletin (1891-92) -- The American about and abroad (1895) -- Children's stories -- Stories for the eastern poultryman and farm-poultry 1903-1905 -- Three articles associated with Pinkerton Academy (1906-1910) -- Remarks on form in poetry (1919) -- Address before the Amherst Alumni Council (1919) -- Address in memory of J. Warner Fobes (December 1, 1920) -- Some definitions by Robert Frost (1923) -- Preface to memoirs of the notorious Stephen Burroughs (1924) -- The poetry of Amy Lowell (1925) -- Marion Leroy Burton and education (1925) -- Introduction to the arts anthology of Dartmouth verse 1925 -- Poet-one of the truest (1928) -- Introduction to the cow's in the corn (1929) -- Preface to a way out (1929) -- Address at the dedication of the Davison Memorial Library (1930) -- Education by poetry: a meditative monologue (1931) -- Autobiographical sketch (1933) -- Comment on "birches" (1933) -- "Letter" to the Amherst student (1935) -- Introduction to King Jasper (1935) -- Contribution to books we like (1936) -- Introduction to Sarah Cleghorn's Threescore (1936) -- Contribution to the stag at ease (1938) -- Letter to the editor of New Hampshire: a guide to the granite state(1938) -- The doctrine of excursions (1939) -- The figure a poem makes (1939) -- Remarks accepting the gold medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1939) -- The last refinement of subject matter: vocal imagination (1941?) -- Preface to a selection of his poems (1942) -- Essay on "the divine right of kings" (1943?) -- Contribution to 25th anniversary bread loaf booklet (1944) -- The four beliefs (1944) -- Preface to "the death of the hired man" (1945) -- The constant symbol (1946) -- Speaking of loyalty (1948) -- Preface to "a masque of mercy" (1947) -- A romantic chasm (1948) -- Unpublished contribution to understanding poetry (1950) -- Letter to the American booksellers' association (1950) -- Contribution to the world's best (1950) -- Poetry and school (1951) -- Unfinished preface to an unpublished collection of poems by Hervey Allen (1951?) -- Contribution to tufts weekly (1952) -- The hear-say ballad (1953) -- The prerequisites (1954) -- Message to the poets of Japan (1954) -- Caveat poeta (1955?) -- Perfect day-a day of prowess (1956) -- Message to the poets of Korea (1957) -- Maturity no object (1957) -- Preface to a swinger of birches, by Sidney Cox (first version and published version, 1957) -- Contribution to esquire's symposium on "what worries you most about America today?" (1958) -- Merrill Moore (1958) -- Statement of Robert Frost in the case of the United States of America versus Ezra Pound (1958) -- Remarks on being appointed consultant to the Library of Congress (1958?) -- The way there (1958?) -- Preface to an expanded edition of north of Boston (1958?) -- [Letter to the editor of poetry (1958) -- Dorothy Canfield (1958) -- List of five favorite books (1958) -- On Emerson (1959) -- The future of man (1959) -- The future of man (unpublished version [1959] -- Talk and reading, 25th anniversary dinner of the academy of American poets (1959) -- A poet's boyhood (1960) -- "A New England tribute" (1961) -- Shakespeare festival of Washington (1961) -- Tribute to Ernest Hemingway (1961) -- Comments on "choose something like a star" (1962) -- Tribute to William Faulkner (1962) -- Comments on "the cold war is being won" (1962) -- Statement concerning the beginning of his career (1963) -- Press release on being awarded the Bollingen prize (1963) -- Statement written for the 53rd annual dinner of the poetry society of America (January 17, 1963) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.
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Poetry.
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| Author |
Richardson, Mark, 1963-
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| LC no. |
2007013210 |
| ISBN |
9780674024632 cloth alkaline paper |
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067402463X cloth alkaline paper |
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