Stopping by woods : Robert Frost as New England naturalist / Owen D.V. Sholes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sholes, Owen DeVer, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963--Criticism and interpretation.

Frost, Robert.

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.

Ecology in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

New England--In literature.

New England.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 180 pages ; cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

""Robert Frost was a practicing farmer, a skilled naturalist and one of America's best-loved poets. This book pieces together Frost's environmental commentary, examining his poems thematically and in a logical order. Frost bemoaned the loss of people from the land but also celebrated the flora and fauna that thrived in fallow fields and empty barns"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: why would an ecologist write about Robert Frost?

Prologue: "Country things"

Introduction: "Like a pistil after the petals go"

Subduing the land: "Teams that came by the stony road"

Farming: "The place's name"

Seasons: "The summer load"

Agrarian diaspora: "Too much dwelling on what has been"

Ecological succession: "They rejoiced in the nest they kept"

Life cycles in a resurgent nature: "For them there was really nothing sad"

Conclusion: "Versed in country things".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476673189

1476673187

OCLC:

1032589387