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Love and need : the life of Robert Frost's poetry / Adam Plunkett.

Plunkett, Adam, 1987- (author.).

Summary:

Regarded as America's best-loved poet in the mid-twentieth century, biographers created conflicting images of Robert Frost and his legacy after his death. In "Love and need," Adam Plunkett combines biography and literary criticism to uncover a more nuanced portrait of the man. Through close readings of his work, Plunkett highlights the ways in which Frost's poetry mirrored significant relationships in his life--including the fraught relationship with biographer Lawrance Thompson, whose scathing, three-part work published after the poet's death had a lasting impact on his reputation.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374282080
ISBN: 0374282080
Physical Description: 500 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025.
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-469) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The freedom of the moon -- And be the measure -- The sweetest dream -- Not find me changed -- Other far -- The traveler and the road -- The curious covenant -- The line where man leaves off -- Aspens in rain -- The wind and the rain, or The fretful poet and the porcupine -- Blake's picture -- Robert Frost at midnight -- The brink of mystery -- The heart of any religion -- The agitated heart -- Myrtles and roses.