Title: Stopping by woods : Robert Frost as New England naturalist /
Authors: Sholes, Owen DeVer, 1950-
Year: 2018
Subjects: Frost, Robert, Criticism and interpretation.; Frost, Robert,; Ecology in literature.; Ecology in literature.; Literature; New England In literature.; New England
Abstract: ""Robert Frost was a practicing farmer, a skilled naturalist and one of America's best-loved poets. This book pieces together Frost's environmental commentary, examining his poems thematically and in a logical order. Frost bemoaned the loss of people from the land but also celebrated the flora and fauna that thrived in fallow fields and empty barns"--
Contents: Preface: why would an ecologist write about Robert Frost? -- Prologue: "Country things" -- Introduction: "Like a pistil after the petals go" -- Subduing the land: "Teams that came by the stony road" -- Farming: "The place's name" -- Seasons: "The summer load" -- Agrarian diaspora: "Too much dwelling on what has been" -- Ecological succession: "They rejoiced in the nest they kept" -- Life cycles in a resurgent nature: "For them there was really nothing sad" -- Conclusion: "Versed in country things".