Love and need : the life of Robert Frost's poetry / Adam Plunkett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plunkett, Adam, 1987- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.

Frost, Robert.

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

Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Genre:

Biographies.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

500 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Life of Robert Frost's poetry

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.

Summary:

Regarded as America's best-loved poet in the mid-twentieth century, biographers created conflicting images of Robert Frost and his legacy after his death. In "Love and need," Adam Plunkett combines biography and literary criticism to uncover a more nuanced portrait of the man. Through close readings of his work, Plunkett highlights the ways in which Frost's poetry mirrored significant relationships in his life--including the fraught relationship with biographer Lawrance Thompson, whose scathing, three-part work published after the poet's death had a lasting impact on his reputation.

Contents:

The freedom of the moon

And be the measure

The sweetest dream

Not find me changed

Other far

The traveler and the road

The curious covenant

The line where man leaves off

Aspens in rain

The wind and the rain, or The fretful poet and the porcupine

Blake's picture

Robert Frost at midnight

The brink of mystery

The heart of any religion

The agitated heart

Myrtles and roses.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-469) and index.

ISBN:

9780374282080

0374282080

OCLC:

1431883820