Robert Frost a Collection of Critical Essays

A symposium of sensitive and thoughtful criticism written about the poetry of Robert Frost.Ranging from high praise to severe judgment, eleven critical writings indicate the conflicts of opinion which have gathered around this major poet.More important, these thoughtful appraisals mark the beginning of a new phase in Frost criticism. Earlier critics defined Frost as being against the main currents of modern poetry. In the second stage of Frost criticism, he is appraised and accepted as one of the great poets of the century.Robert Frost's theory of poetry / Lawrance Thompson --The case against Mr. Frost / Malcolm Cowley --Robert Frost and New England : a revaluation / W.G. O'Donnell --Robert Frost : or, The spiritual drifter as poet / Yvor Winters --To the Laodiceans / Randall Jarrell --Robert Frost and the interrupted dialogue / Harold H. Watts --"A momentary stay against confusion" / John T. Napier --Robert Frost and his use of barriers : man vs. nature toward God / Marion Montgomery --A speech on Robert Frost : a cultural episode / Lionel Trilling --A momentary stay against confusion / George W. Nitchie --Frost as modern poet / John F. Lynen.