Donald Sheehy is Professor Emeritus of English and Philosophy at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Mark Richardson is Professor of English at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Robert Bernard Hass is Professor of English and Philosophy at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Henry Atmore is Professor of Anglo-American Studies at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies.
Praise for the previous volume:
“In almost every way, this new edition is a triumph of scholarly
care… For all his private flaws, his tragedies large and small,
American literature—and the language itself—owes a profound debt to
that dark, demonic, beguiling figure, Robert Frost.”
—William Logan, New York Times Book Review
“Long overdue, The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 1: 1886–1920 is
deservedly getting a lot of attention. Frost is not simply a lively
correspondent, he is an artist of the epistolary form, defining
himself and his poetic era in these pages… The truly original,
splenetic, aphoristic, and revisionary mind of a major poet comes
into view.”
—Jay Parini, Chronicle of Higher Education
“Thanks to Harvard’s undertaking, Frost’s more complete,
chronological letters help correct the poet’s legacy by allowing it
weight and breadth.”
—Valerie Duff, Boston Globe
“Not the rustic sage, but the savvy, ambitious, cosmopolitan poet
emerges from this first volume of Frost’s lively, shrewd letters…
[T]he collection [is] a must for scholars; but Frost’s witty,
urbane style make the letters an engaging browse for ordinary
readers, too.”
—Publishers Weekly
“It must be said that these early letters carry the burden of
[Frost’s] poetry so finely as to be no embarrassment to the poetry.
The book has been edited…with continuous tact and sensitivity to
the likely demands of a literate reader.”
—David Bromwich, Times Literary Supplement
“Such a joy to read… This is the first time a complete version of
[Frost’s letters]—running in chronological order—has been made
available… Anyone interested in the laborious process an artist
must undertake to perfect his craft will read this book with awe
and fascination, and as a constant source of inspiration.”
—J. P. O’Malley, NPR online
“[T]his volume may well inspire a Frost renaissance.”
—Kirkus Reviews
*Reviews of The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 1:
1886–1920*
A temperamental streak beneath the cultivated persona of the
humble, mild-mannered raconteur keeps things lively for the reader.
This second installment in an impressive project tracks the
transformation of the hardworking craftsman into a monument of
American letters.
*Publishers Weekly*
Meticulously annotated…and provides fascinating insights into his
philosophy, politics, and personality.
*Philadelphia Inquirer*
This second of a proposed four-volume enterprise comprises 569
letters, two-thirds of which are published here for the first time.
This book, like its predecessor—which covers 1886–1920—is a
masterpiece of scholarly attention and an important adjunct to the
poetry of an American master. Readers hear the poet’s voice in his
letters as clearly as in his lyrical, plain-spoken poetry. Frost’s
affections, his occupations and preoccupations, his political
tendencies, and his aesthetic and moral sensibility are apparent in
these letters to family, friends, and fellow poets…These years were
also a rich period in Frost’s life: he published four new
collections and in 1924 received the first of his four Pulitzers.
However, coinciding with success and national recognition were
ongoing family health issues and personal tragedy.
*Choice*
Exemplary is a wholly inadequate word to characterize [this] joint
editorial enterprise.
*Hopkins Review*
As one reads The Letters of Robert Frost: Volume Two—never tedious
for all the chat and twice as entertaining for the clarity of the
notes—poems are still finding him, and he is having some fun.
*Times Literary Supplement*
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