{"product_id":"the-life-of-robert-frost-isbn-9780470658529","title":"The Life of Robert Frost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Robert Frost\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA widely revealing biography of Frost that discusses his often perplexing journey from humble roots to poetic fame, revealing new details of Frost's life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the traumatic effect on Frost of his father's early death and the impact on his poetry and outlook\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents original information on the influence of his mother's Swedenborgian mysticism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\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  \u003cp\u003e\"Hart 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Schatz, \u003cem\u003eThe Virginia Gazette,\u003c\/em\u003e May 3 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHENRY HART\u003c\/b\u003e is currently the Mildred and J. B. Hickman Professor of Humanities at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He has published several books of literary criticism about modern poets, including \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Geoffrey Hill\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eSeamus Heaney: Poet of Contrary Progressions\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eRobert Lowell and the Sublime\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), and \u003ci\u003eThe James Dickey Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). From 1984 to 2004, he was an editor of Verse, an international journal of contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eJay Parini,\u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eRobert Frost: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Hart's \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Robert Frost\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond current biographies to present a unique and rich approach to the poet, revealing new details about his life and background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHart 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990278062309,"sku":"NP9780470658529","price":111.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470658529.jpg?v=1761787172","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-life-of-robert-frost-isbn-9780470658529","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}