The collected prose of Robert Frost / edited by Mark Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.

Contributor:

Richardson, Mark, 1963-

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 2007

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xxxii, 378 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

Contents:

1 Articles and Editorials from the Lawrence, Massachusetts, High School Bulletin (1891-92) 1

[Five Unsigned Editorials (September 1891)] 1

[Two Unsigned Editorials (October 1891)] 4

[Three Unsigned Editorials (November 1891)] 5

Petra and Its Surroundings (December 1891) 7

Physical Culture (December 1891) 9

The Charter Oak at Hartford (December 1891) 10

M. Bonner, Deceased (December 1891) 11

[Three Unsigned Editorials (December 1891)] 13

L.H.S.D.U. Unofficial Report (December 1891) 14

[Four Editorials (May 1892)] 16

A Monument to After-Thought Unveiled (June 1892) 18

2 [The American About and Abroad (1895)] 20

3 [Children's Stories] 22

4 Stories for The Eastern Poultryman and Farm-Poultry (1903-1905) 35

Trap Nests (February 1903) 35

A Just Judge (March 1903) 38

A Start in the Fancy (July 1903) 42

The Question of a Feather (July 15, 1903) 45

Old Welch Goes to the Show (August 15, 1903) 49

The Original and Only (September 1, 1903) 53

Three Phases of the Poultry Industry (December 15, 1903) 56

The Cockerel Buying Habit (February 1, 1904) 62

"The Same Thing Over and Over" (March 1, 1904) 64

The Universal Chicken Feed (April 1, 1904) 66

Dalkins' Little Indulgence-A Christmas Story (December 15, 1905) 68

5 Three Articles Associated with Pinkerton Academy (1906-1910) 74

[Article for the Pinkerton Academy Catalogue (1906-07)] 74

[Drama at Pinkerton: A Series of Entertainments for the Benefit of the Academy Critic (1910)] 75

[Description of English Curriculum, Pinkerton Academy Catalogue (1910-11)] 77

6 [Remarks on Form in Poetry (1919)] 79

7 [Address before the Amherst Alumni Council (1919)] 80

8 [Address in Memory of J. Warner Fobes (December 1, 1920)] 82

9 [Some Definitions by Robert Frost (1923)] 84

11 The Poetry of Amy Lowell (1925) 88

12 [Marion Leroy Burton and Education (1925)] 89

14 [Poet-One of the Truest (1928)] 97

17 [Address at the Dedication of the Davison Memorial Library (1930)] 100

18 Education by Poetry: A Meditative Monologue (1931) 102

19 [Autobiographical Sketch (1933)] 112

20 [Comment on "Birches" (1933)] 113

21 ["Letter" to The Amherst Student (1935)] 114

23 [Contribution to Books We Like (1936)] 123

25 [Contribution to The Stag at Ease (1938)] 127

26 [Letter to the Editor of New Hampshire: A Guide to the Granite State (1938)] 128

27 The Doctrine of Excursions (1939) 129

28 The Figure a Poem Makes (1939) 131

29 [Remarks Accepting the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1939)] 134

30 The Last Refinement of Subject Matter: Vocal Imagination (1941?) 136

32 [Essay on the Divine Right of Kings (1943?)] 142

33 [Contribution to 25th Anniversary Bread Loaf Booklet (1944)] 143

34 The Four Beliefs (1944) 145

36 The Constant Symbol (1946) 147

37 Speaking of Loyalty (1948) 152

39 A Romantic Chasm (1948) 158

40 [Unpublished Contribution to Understanding Poetry (1950)] 161

41 [Letter to the American Booksellers' Association (1950)] 163

42 [Contribution to The World's Best (1950)] 164

43 [Poetry and School (1951)] 165

44 [Unfinished Preface to an Unpublished Collection of Poems by Hervey Allen (1951)] 169

45 [Contribution to The Tufts Weekly (1952)] 170

46 The Hear-Say Ballad (1953) 171

47 The Prerequisites (1954) 173

48 [Message to the Poets of Japan (1954)] 175

49 [Caveat Poeta (1955?)] 176

50 [Perfect Day-A Day of Prowess (1956)] 178

51 [Message to the Poets of Korea (1957)] 182

52 Maturity No Object (1957) 183

54 [Contribution to Esquire's Symposium on "What Worries You Most about America Today?" (1958)] 188

55 Merrill Moore (1958) 189

56 [Statement of Robert Frost in the Case of the United States of America versus Ezra Pound (1958)] 191

57 [Remarks on Being Appointed Consultant to the Library of Congress (1958?)] 192

58 The Way There (1958?) 194

59 [Unpublished Preface to an Expanded North of Boston (1958?)] 196

60 [Letter to the Editor of Poetry (1958)] 197

61 Dorothy Canfield (1958) 198

62 [List of Five Favorite Books (1958)] 199

63 [On Emerson (1959)] 200

64 The Future of Man (1959) 206

65 The Future of Man (Unpublished Version [1959]) 208

66 [Talk and Reading, 25th Anniversary Dinner of the Academy of American Poets (1959)] 211

67 [A Poet's Boyhood (1960)] 220

68 [A New England Tribute (1961)] 222

69 [Shakespeare Festival of Washington (1961)] 224

70 [Tribute to Ernest Hemingway (1961)] 225

71 [Comments on "Choose Something Like a Star" (1962)] 226

72 [Tribute to William Faulkner (1962)] 227

73 [Comments on "The Cold War Is Being Won" (1962)] 228

74 [Statement Concerning the Beginning of His Career (1963)] 229

75 [Press Release on Being Awarded the Bollingen Prize (1963)] 230

76 [Statement Written for the 53rd Annual Dinner of the Poetry Society of America (January 17, 1963)] 231

Editorial Principles 235

Line-End Hyphenation 366.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780674024632

067402463X

OCLC:

122338049