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The Life of Robert Frost


The Life of Robert Frost

A Critical Biography
Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies 1. Aufl.

von: Henry Hart

30,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 31.01.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9781119103677
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 445

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<p><i>The Life of Robert Frost</i> 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.</p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>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</li> <li>Discusses the traumatic effect on Frost of his father’s early death and the impact on his poetry and outlook</li> <li>Presents original information on the influence of his mother’s Swedenborgian mysticism</li> </ul>
<p>Acknowledgments ix</p> <p>List of Abbreviations and Author’s Note xi</p> <p>1. The New England Frosts 1</p> <p>2. Rebel Sons and Punitive Fathers 8</p> <p>3. Strong Man’s Food and Swedenborgian Mysticism 18</p> <p>4. “A Boy’s Will is the Wind’s Will” 26</p> <p>5. Reluctant Yankees 39</p> <p>6. Monuments to After‐thought 55</p> <p>7. “Precipitate in Love” 64</p> <p>8. Adventures in the Great Dismal Swamp 80</p> <p>9. From Riffraff to Harvard 93</p> <p>10. Deaths of a Son and a Hired Man 104</p> <p>11. Indoor and Outdoor Schooling 121</p> <p>12. Hen Man in the Academy 134</p> <p>13. To the Land of <i>The Golden Treasury </i>148</p> <p>14. The Lively Gallows 167</p> <p>15. Victory at Home 180</p> <p>16. Amherst Interval 202</p> <p>17. Sense and Sensibility 217</p> <p>18. A Home that Never Was on Land or Sea 230</p> <p>19. Something beyond Conflict 240</p> <p>20. Delivering Battle 251</p> <p>21. Weddings, Divorces, and Funerals 261</p> <p>22. A Survivalist’s Further Range 278</p> <p>23. Elinor’s Final Ordeal 294</p> <p>24. Inferno to Vita Nuova 302</p> <p>25. A Biblical Job by a Witness Tree 320</p> <p>26. Mercy for the Damned 332</p> <p>27. Mr Frost Goes to Washington 344</p> <p>28. A Brief Shining Moment with the Kennedys 361</p> <p>29. Last Act on the Global Stage 376</p> <p>Notes 390</p> <p>Bibliography 415</p> <p>Index 423</p>
<p><b>HENRY HART</b> is currently the Mildred and J. B. Hickman Professor of Humanities at the College of William and Mary, and Poet Laureate of Virginia. He has published several books of literary criticism about modern poets, including <i>The Poetry of Geoffrey Hill</i> (1986), <i>Seamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions</i> (1991), <i>Robert Lowell and the Sublime</i> (1995), and<i> James Dickey: The World as a Lie</i> (2000).
<p><b>BLACKWELL CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES</b> <p>"The life and work of Frost are endlessly compelling, and Henry Hart has done a splendid job here of bringing these strands together. It's a seamless narrative, beautifully told by a master biographer and poet-critic. Hart's portrait brings a great deal of new material into view, and Frost becomes only more human, only more impressive in his rendering. I really admire this book, which sees Frost steadily and whole."<br> <b><i>Jay Parini,</i></b> <i>author of</i> Robert Frost: A Life <p>Henry Hart's <i>The Life of Robert Frost</i> goes beyond current biographies to present a unique and rich approach to the poet, revealing new details about his life and background. <p>This illuminating new biography includes original genealogical research concerning Frost's ancestors in New England, England, and Scotland. Hart also includes new information about Robert Frost's father, who died from consumption when Frost was eleven. Past biographies have tended to discount the traumatic effect of his father's death, but Hart reveals how the death haunted both Frost and his sister (Jeanie), who died in a mental hospital, demonstrating how mental illness – especially depression and schizophrenia – plagued the Frost family and heavily influenced Frost's state of mind and, as a result, his poetry. <p>Hart places great emphasis throughout the biography on Frost's turbulent marriage and family life, revealing how they provided important inspiration and material for his poems. Since Frost periodically described himself as "a mystic," there is also essential discussion on the effect of his mother's Swedenborgian mysticism – and mysticism in general – on Frost's writing. The result is a fascinating portrayal of a brilliant poet who persevered through repeated family tragedies to eventually achieve iconic status around the world.

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