Robert Frost, Rev.Ed. (United States Authors Series) - Hardcover

9780805773484: Robert Frost, Rev.Ed. (United States Authors Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805773487 ISBN 13: 9780805773484

Publisher: Twayne Publishers, 1982

Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.

Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volumeaddresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading theAuthors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives.

Each volume features:

A critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works
A brief biography of the author
An accessible chronology outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of the author
Aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index
A readable style presented in a manageable length

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From the Back Cover:

When the first edition of this study was begun, Robert Frost was still with us, enjoying the final years of his immense and deserved popularity. His living presence offered the scholar of 1962 a precious sense of connection with the modern movement in American poetry which extended back to its earliest beginnings in 1912-13. That continuity has been broken almost totally today. The literary moment recedes further into history, with Archibald MacLeish now perhaps our sole surviving link with the early days. By the time the first edition was in print, Robert Frost had died, but the anticipated wave of material in print concerning him and his work had not yet gathered its full strength. During the years since Frost's death, much has been printed that has made a revision of this work not only desirable but mandatory.

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