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An exquisite picture book based on Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by
Woods on a Snowy Evening" illustrated by master artist, P. J.
Lynch. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to
keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I
sleep. Award-winning artist-author P.J. Lynch brings Robert Frost's
iconic poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" to life with his
atmospheric and exquisitely detailed illustrations. The horse and
its mysterious rider are expertly rendered against the striking
background of a dark woods shrouded in snow. This edition is the
perfect gift for adults and children alike.
The early works of beloved poet Robert Frost, collected in one
volume. The poetry of Robert Frost is praised for its realistic
depiction of rural life in New England during the early twentieth
century, as well as for its examination of social and philosophical
issues. Through the use of American idiom and free verse, Frost
produced many enduring poems that remain popular with modern
readers. A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost contains all the
poems from his first four published collections: A Boy's Will
(1913), North of Boston (1914), Mountain Interval (1916), and New
Hampshire (1923), including classics such as "The Road Not Taken,"
"Fire and Ice," and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." This
handsome leather-bound volume is an elegant addition to every
poetry lover's shelf.
The third installment of Harvard's five-volume edition of Robert
Frost's correspondence. The Letters of Robert Frost, Volume 3:
1929-1936 is the latest installment in Harvard's five-volume
edition of the poet's correspondence. It presents 601 letters, of
which 425 are previously uncollected. The critically acclaimed
first volume, a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year,
included nearly 300 previously uncollected letters, and the second
volume 350 more. During the period covered here, Robert Frost was
close to the height of his powers. If Volume 2 covered the making
of Frost as America's poet, in Volume 3 he is definitively made.
These were also, however, years of personal tribulation. The
once-tight Frost family broke up as marriage, illness, and work
scattered the children across the country. In the case of Frost's
son Carol, both distance and proximity put strains on an already
fractious relationship. But the tragedy and emotional crux of this
volume is the death of Frost's youngest daughter, Marjorie. Frost's
correspondence from those dark days is a powerful testament to the
difficulty of honoring the responsibilities of a poet's eminence
while coping with the intensity of a parent's grief. Volume 3 also
sees Frost responding to the crisis of the Great Depression, the
onset of the New Deal, and the emergence of totalitarian regimes in
Europe, with wit, canny political intelligence, and no little
acerbity. All the while, his star continues to rise: he wins a
Pulitzer for Collected Poems in 1931 and will win a second for A
Further Range, published in 1936, and he is in constant demand as a
public speaker at colleges, writers' workshops, symposia, and
dinners. Frost was not just a poet but a poet-teacher; as such, he
was instrumental in defining the public functions of poetry in the
twentieth century. In the 1930s, Frost lived a life of paradox, as
personal tragedy and the tumults of politics interwove with his
unprecedented achievements. Thoroughly annotated and accompanied by
a biographical glossary and detailed chronology, these letters
illuminate a triumphant and difficult period in the life of a
towering literary figure.
For all of life's adventures comes The Road Not Taken, which The
New York TimesBook Review calls "a book that begs rereading."This
beautifully illustrated companion is inspired by Robert Frost's
perennial poem. Heartwarming illustrations of a young boy
journeying through a yellow wood accompany the original text of the
poem. When a fork in the road arises for the boy, so too does the
first of life's many choices. And as the poem progresses, so does
the boy's life: college, career, marriage, family, loss, and, by
journey's end, the sweet satisfaction of a life fully lived. The
first children's book ever made of Frost's famous poem, this moving
presentation makes an inspiring gift for graduation, marriage,
career moves, and all of life's exciting roads.
A proven bestseller time and time again, Robert Frost's Poems contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are "Birches," "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Two Tramps at Mudtime," "Choose Something Like a Star," and "The Gift Outright," which Frost read at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy." An essential addition to every home library, Robert Frost's Poems is a celebration of the New England countryside, Frost's appreciation of common folk, and his wonderful understanding of the human condition. These classic verses touch our hearts and leave behind a lasting impression.
* Over 100 poems * All Frost's best known verses from throughout his life
An unparalleled illustrated collection of the work of one of
America's most beloved poets. Featuring the full contents of Robert
Frost's first three volumes of poetry--A Boy's Will, North of
Boston, and Mountain Interval--this superbly designed collection is
a testament to the beauty of the master's writing. It gathers more
than 100 of Frost's most renowned poems, including "Mending Wall,"
"The Road Not Taken," and "The Death of the Hired Man." With
illustrations by Thomas Nason, it will be a treasured addition to
any home library.
This is the only comprehensive volume of Robert Frost's published verse; in it are the contents of all eleven of his individual books of poetry-from A Boy's Will (1913) to In the Clearing (1962). The editor, Edward Connery Lathem, has scrupulously annotated the more than 350 poems in this book.
One of the acknowledged giants of twentieth-century American
literature, Robert Frost was a public figure much celebrated in his
day. Although his poetry reached a wide audience, the private
Frost-pensive, mercurial, and often very funny-remains less
appreciated. Following upon the publication of Frost's notebooks
and collected prose, The Letters of Robert Frost is the first major
edition of the poet's written correspondence. The hundreds of
previously unpublished letters in these annotated volumes deepen
our understanding and appreciation of this most complex and subtle
of verbal artists. Volume One traverses the years of Frost's
earliest poems to the acclaimed collections North of Boston and
Mountain Interval that cemented his reputation as one of the
leading lights of his era. The drama of his personal life-as well
as the growth of the audacious mind that produced his
poetry-unfolds before us in Frost's day-to-day missives. These
rhetorical performances are at once revealing and tantalizingly
evasive about relationships with family and close friends,
including the poet Edward Thomas. We listen in as Frost defines
himself against contemporaries Ezra Pound and William Butler Yeats,
and we witness the evolution of his thoughts about prosody, sound,
style, and other aspects of poetic craft. In its literary interest
and sheer display of personality, Frost's correspondence is on a
par with the letters of Emily Dickinson, Robert Lowell, and Samuel
Beckett. The Letters of Robert Frost holds hours of pleasurable
reading for lovers of Frost and modern American poetry.
A wonderful collection of Robert Frost's writing No poet is more
emblematically American than Robert Frost. Hailed as 'the most
eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet' by T.S. Eliot,
he is the only writer in history to have been awarded four Pulitzer
Prizes. In iconic poems like 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening', simple images summon the rural landscape of New England,
and Frost unfailingly moves the reader with his profound grasp of
the human condition. This is the most comprehensive and
authoritative volume of Frost's verse available, comprising all
eleven volumes of his poems, meticulously edited by Edward Connery
Lathem.
Frost's early poems, selected by poet David Orr for the centennial
of "The Road Not Taken" A Penguin Classics Deluxe edition For one
hundred years, Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" has enchanted
and challenged readers with its deceptively simple premise-a person
reaches a fork in the road, facing a choice full of doubt and
possibility. The Road Not Taken and Other Poems presents Frost's
best-loved poem along with other works from his brilliant early
years, including such poems as "After Apple-Picking," "The Oven
Bird," and "Mending Wall." Award-winning poet and critic David
Orr's introduction discusses why Frost remains so central (if often
misunderstood) in American culture and how the beautiful intricacy
of his poetry keeps inviting generation after generation to search
for meaning in his work. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin
has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the
English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin
Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout
history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series
to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes
by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Selected Poems (Paperback)
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Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet
Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and
an important English poet who died toward the end of the First
World War, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from
Frost's early collections, including A Boy's Will and North of
Boston. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the
images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of
America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers
have turned in search of beauty, music, and life. "Mowing"
envisions the poet's work through the prism of rural labor. "There
was never a sound beside the wood but one / And that was my long
scythe whispering to the ground. / What was it it whispered?" The
speaker does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its
rhythm and simple music. In "After Apple-Picking," as fall gives
over to winter, the poet remembers in dreams how the "Magnified
apples appear and disappear, / Stem end and blossom end" as he
climbs the ladder into the heart of the tree. Both a symbol for
life and a metaphor for the poetic act, apple picking leaves the
poet "overtired / Of the great harvest [he himself] desired",
awaiting sleep as he describes "its coming on," wondering what, if
anything, it will bring. "The Road Not Taken," perhaps Frost's most
famous poem, is a meditation on fate and free will that follows a
traveler in an autumn landscape, unsure of which path to take, but
certain he cannot stand still. With a beautifully designed cover
and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Robert
Frost's Selected Poems is a classic of American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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Mountain Interval (Paperback)
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Mountain Interval (1916) is a collection of poems by American poet
Robert Frost. Having gained success with his first two collections,
both published in London, Frost returned home to New Hampshire and
completed his third volume, Mountain Interval. The book opens with
"The Road Not Taken," and though this would become Frost's most
famous poem, the collection is not defined by it. Here we find the
hallmarks of Frost's work: rural landscapes, dramatic monologues,
and subtle meditations on the meanings of life and art. This is
Frost at the height of his power, a poetry that speaks as much and
as often as it listens. "The Road Not Taken" is a meditation on
fate and free will that follows a traveler in an autumn landscape,
unsure of which path to take, but certain he cannot stand still.
Often summarized using only its final two lines-"I took the one
less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference"-Frost's
poem refuses such neat categorization. Far from simple praise of
independence, "The Road Not Taken" examines the anxiety of choice,
the psychic response to the uncertainty that precedes even the
simplest decision. In "Birches," Frost recalls his childhood
fondness for climbing trees, raising himself from the ground "To
the top branches," only to fling himself "outward, feet first" back
to earth. Against the backdrop of adulthood, in which "life is too
much like a pathless wood," the poet recalls the simplicity and
wonder of being a child in nature, no more and no less than "a
swinger of birches.". With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Robert Frost's
Mountain Interval is a classic of American literature reimagined
for modern readers.
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A Boy's Will (Paperback)
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A Boy's Will (1913) is a collection of poems by American poet
Robert Frost. Published in London and dedicated to the poet's wife,
Elinor, A Boy's Will, which received enthusiastic early reviews
from both Ezra Pound and W.B. Yeats, launched Frost's career as
America's leading poet of the early-twentieth century. Invoking
such figures as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, and
Thomas Hardy, Frost ties himself to tradition while establishing
his own poetic legacy, grounded in an intuitive sense of rural New
England life and the subtleties of the soul. "Into My Own," the
collection's opening poem, reveals the poet's strange wish to
"steal away" into "those dark trees, / So old and firm they
scarcely show the breeze." Without fear, he welcomes uncertainty,
ventures into it willingly, knowing it is the only way to live. In
"Ghost House," the poet enters a realm of shades and spirits, an
underworld of memory where "a lonely house" has left "no trace but
the cellar walls." As he moves through this twilight landscape,
encountering the "mute folk...Who share the unlit place" with him,
the poet meditates on life and death, their proximity and distance,
and his own sense of self within both. "Mowing" envisions the
poet's work through the prism of rural labor. "There was never a
sound beside the wood but one / And that was my long scythe
whispering to the ground. / What was it it whispered?" The speaker
does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its rhythm and
music. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Robert Frost's A Boy's Will is a
classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
A 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children (National Council of
Teachers of English) Poetry for Kids: Robert Frost is a collection
specially curated for young readers which won't just be read, but
consumed, experienced, and treasured for a lifetime. Whether
capturing a cold New England winter's evening, or the beauty of an
old, abandoned house, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert
Frost left an indelible mark on our consciousness. This stunning
celebration of his best-loved work includes 35 poems specially
chosen for children ages 8 to 14 by author and historian Jay
Parini. Illustrator Michael Paraskevas brings the poems to life
with his pitch-perfect scenes, infused with majestic color and
quiet simplicity. Poems include "Mending Wall," "Birches," "The
Road Not Taken," "Fire and Ice," and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening," This collection is the perfect introduction for young
readers. In addition to a carefully chosen line-up of poems, Poetry
for Kids: Robert Frost also includes commentary and definitions of
key words for each poem, and an introduction to Frost's life. Named
one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of
the Year, 2018!
Ever since it was published in 1978, the picture-book presentation of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" has been an enduring favorite. For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtle color to her sweeping backgrounds of frosty New England scenes. There are more animals to find among the trees, and the kindly figure with his "promises to keep" exudes warmth as he stops to appreciate the quiet delights of winter. The handsome new vellum jacket will attract new and old fans as it evokes a frost-covered windowpane. This celebration of a season makes an ideal holiday gift for a child, a teacher, or a host. Robert Frost (1874-1963) is one of America's most celebrated poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Susan Jeffers is the illustrator of such distinguished picture books as Three Jovial Huntsmen, a Caldecott Honor Book; Rachel Field's Hitty; and the ABBY Award-winning Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, which was also a New York Times best-seller.
Birches beautifully illustrates Frost’s celebrated ability to blend observation, imagination, and poetry. Caldecott medalist Ed Young uses his own powers of observation and imagination to create an extraordinary series of paintings that complement and extend the poem.
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North of Boston (Paperback)
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North of Boston (1914) is a collection of poems by American poet
Robert Frost. Following the success of Frost's debut, A Boy's Will
(1913), North of Boston was published in London to enthusiastic
reviews from both Ezra Pound and W.B. Yeats. His success abroad
quickly translated to critical acclaim in the United States, and
Frost would eventually be recognized as a leading American poet.
"Mending Wall" takes place in spring, as the people emerge from
their homes to assess the damage done by the long, dark winter.
Observing that parts of the stone wall on the edge of his property
have fallen, the poet joins his neighbor "to walk the line / And
set the wall between us once again." Although he feels they "do not
need the wall," his neighbor insists that "'Good fences make good
neighbours,'" continuing down the line to reinforce the space
between them. A meditation on humanity, civilization, and
democracy, "Mending Wall" is an iconic and frequently anthologized
poem. In "After Apple-Picking," as fall gives over to winter, the
poet remembers in dreams how the "Magnified apples appear and
disappear, / Stem end and blossom end" as he climbs the ladder into
the heart of the tree. Both a symbol for life and a metaphor for
the poetic act, apple picking leaves the poet "overtired / Of the
great harvest [he himself] desired", awaiting sleep as he describes
"its coming on," wondering what, if anything, it will bring. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Robert Frost's North of Boston is a classic of
American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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