Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays (Library of

Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays (Library of America)

Justly celebrated at home and abroad, Robert Frost is perhaps Americaâ€™s greatest twentieth-century poet and a towering figure in American letters. From the publication of his first collections,Â A Boyâ€™s WillÂ (1913) andÂ North of BostonÂ (1914), Frost was recognized as a poet of unique power and formal skill, and the enduring significance of his work has been acknowledged by each subsequent generation. His poetry ranges from deceptively simply pastoral lyrics and genial, vernacular genre pieces to darker meditations, complex and ironic.

Here, based on extensive research into his manuscripts and published work, is the first authoritative and truly comprehensive collection of his writings. Brought together for the first time in a Library of America single volume is all the major poetry, a generous selection of uncollected poems, all of Frostâ€™s dramatic writing, and the most extensive gathering of his prose writings ever published, several of which are printed here for the first time.

The core of this collection is the 1949Â Complete Poems of Robert Frost, the last collection supervised by Frost himself. This version of the poems is free of unauthorized editorial changes introduced into subsequent editions. Also included isÂ In the ClearingÂ (1962), Frostâ€™s final volume of poetry. Verse drawn from letters, articles, pamphlets, and journals makes up the largest selection of uncollected poems ever assembled, including nearly two dozen beautiful early works printed for the first time. Also gathered here are all the dramatic works: three plays and two verse masques.

The unprecedented prose section includes more than three times as many items as any other collection available. It is rich and diverse, presenting many newly discovered or rediscovered pieces. Especially unusual items include Frostâ€™s contribution to John F. Kennedyâ€™s inauguration and two fascinating 1959 essays on â€œThe Future of Man.â€ Several manuscript items are published here for the first time, including the essays â€œâ€˜Caveat Poetaâ€™â€ and â€œThe Way There,â€ Frostâ€™s remarks on being appointed poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in 1958, the preface to a proposed new edition ofÂ North of Boston, and many others. A selection of letters represents all of Frostâ€™s important comments about prosody, poetics, style, and his theory of â€œsentence sounds.â€

LIBRARY OF AMERICAÂ is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationâ€™s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaâ€™s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
PartNumber	9781883011062
Color	Black
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Height	8.15
Length	5.18
Weight	1.45064168396
Width	1.34
ReleaseDate	1995-10-01
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Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays (Library of America)

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