{"product_id":"love-and-need-9780374282080","title":"Love and Need","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBraiding together biography and criticism, Adam Plunkett challenges our understanding of Robert Frost's life and poetic legacy in a pathbreaking new work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBy the middle of the twentieth century, Robert Frost was the best-loved poet in America. He was our nation's bard, simple and sincere, accompanying us on wooded roads and articulating our hopes and fears. After Frost's death, these cliches gave way to equally broad (though opposed) portraits sketched by his biographers, chief among them Lawrance Thompson. When the critic Helen Vendler reviewed Thompson's biography, she asked whether anyone could avoid the conclusion that Frost was a monster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLove and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, Adam Plunkett blends biography and criticism to find the truth of Frost's life-one that lies between the two poles of perception. Plunkett reveals a new Frost through a careful look at the poems and people he knew best, showing how the stories of his most importan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50122125705559,"sku":"9780374282080","price":26.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780374282080.jpg?v=1741266846","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/love-and-need-9780374282080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}