{"product_id":"the-life-of-robert-frost-9780470658529","title":"The Life of Robert Frost","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Life of Robert Frost 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHart did a great job of dramatizing the precariousness of Frost s life. The letters Hart found in various new sources, combined with a close reading of many of Frost s poems, enable Hart to reveal Frost as a much more complicated person and poet than some critics and biographers believed. Frank Schatz, The Virginia Gazette, May 3 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations and Author’s Note xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The New England Frosts 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Rebel Sons and Punitive Fathers 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Strong Man’s Food and Swedenborgian Mysticism 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. “A Boy’s Will Is the Wind’s Will” 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Reluctant Yankees 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Monuments to After‐thought 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. “Precipitate in Love” 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Adventures in the Great Dismal Swamp 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. From Riffraff to Harvard 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Deaths of a Son and a Hired Man 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Indoor and Outdoor Schooling 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Hen Man in the Academy 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. To the Land of The Golden Treasury 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Lively Gallows 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Victory at Home 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Amherst Interval 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Sense and Sensibility 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. A Home that Never Was on Land or Sea 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Something beyond Conflict 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Delivering Battle 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Weddings, Divorces, and Funerals 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. A Survivalist’s Further Range 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Elinor’s Final Ordeal 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Inferno to Vita Nuova 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. A Biblical Job by a Witness Tree 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Mercy for the Damned 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Mr Frost Goes to Washington 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. A Brief Shining Moment with the Kennedys 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Last Act on the Global Stage 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 423\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402392412503,"sku":"9780470658529","price":80.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470658529.jpg?v=1730480262","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-of-robert-frost-9780470658529","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}