CRITICISM

Coursen, Herbert R. Jr. “The Ghost of Christmas Past: ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.’” In The Overwrought Urn, edited by Charles Kaplan, pp. 86-88. New York: Pegasus Press, 1969.

Offers a humorous parody of an interpretation of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” concluding, tongue-in-cheek, that the speaker of the poem is Santa Claus.

Ferry, Anne. “Frost's ‘Obvious’ Titles.” In Reading in an Age of Theory, edited by Bridgit Gellert Lyons, pp. 147-63. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.

Presents an analysis of the significance of the titles of Frost's poems.

Ford, Caroline. The Less Traveled Road. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935, 59p.

A discussion of Frost's views on his own poetry.

Heaney, Seamus. “Above the Brim: On Robert Frost.” Salmagundi, no. 88-89 (fall-winter 1991): 275-94.

Explores the darker side of Frost's poetry.

Hoffman, Daniel. “Robert Frost: The Symbols a Poem Makes.” Gettysburg Review 7, no. 1 (winter 1994): 101-12.

Discusses the use of symbols in Frost's poetry.

McDowell, Michael J. “Since Earth is Earth: An Ecological Approach to Robert Frost's Poetry.” South Carolina Review 24, no. 1 (fall 1991): 92-100.

Presents Frost's reputation as a “nature poet” in the context of late twentieth-century concerns about ecology.

Moore, Richard. “Frost's ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and ‘Out, Out—,’ and Swift's Gulliver's Travels.” Explicator 58, no. 2 (winter 2000): 95.

Explores the theme of work versus play in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

Paton, Priscilla. “Apologizing for Robert Frost.” South Atlantic Review 63, no. 1 (winter 1998): 72-89.

Offers differing assessments of Frost's status as a major American poet.

———. “Robert Frost and the American Landscape.” Iowa Review 29, no. 2 (fall 1999): 83-96.

Discusses Frost's status as a “nature poet” in the context of late twentieth-century conceptions of nature.

Stambuk, Andrew. “Learning to Hover: Robert Frost, Robert Francis, and the Poetry of Detached Engagement.” Twentieth Century Literature 45, no. 4 (winter 1999): 534.

Explores the attitude of “detachment” in the poetry of Frost and the poet Robert Francis, to whom Frost served as a mentor.

Tuttleton, James W. “The Rehabilitation of Robert Frost.” New Criterion 14, no. 10 (June 1996): 65-70.

Presents the image of Frost as the “farmer poet” and “poet farmer” of New Hampshire.

Walcott, Derek. Review of Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, by Robert Frost. New Republic 213, no. 22 (27 November 1995): 29.

Critical discussion of Frost's public image in regard to this recent collection of his works.

Additional coverage of Frost's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers; American Writers Retrospective Supplement, Vol. 1; Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 21; Children's Literature Review, Vol. 67; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1917-1929; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 89-92; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 33; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15, 26, 34, 44; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 54; Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series, Vol. 7; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors and Poets; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Exploring Poetry; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Poetry Criticism, Vol. 1; Poetry for Students, Vols. 1–7, 10, 13; Poets: American and British; Reference Guide to American Literature; Something About the Author, Vol. 14; World Literature Criticism; World Poets; and Writers for Young Adults.