A SWINGER OF BIRCHES: A Portrait of Robert Frost

by Sidney Cox ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 11, 1957

By one of his close friends, this is a deeply appreciative impression of the man and the poet, Robert Frost. It is neither biography, critique, nor explication, but an ""attempt at the wholeness of a man"". It leaves out biographical facts and strives to get Frost's ideas. Since Frost is a sensitive, ironic, laconic and quizzical New Englander, deeply individualistic but deeply law abiding, it is no easy matter to state his position on education, on poetry, people, world affairs. If at time tenuously, Cox manages to convey a good deal of the essence of the man and quotes many of his paradoxical aphorisms and sometimes his poetry. An unusual book, it may help Frost's following to understand him. It is loving and affectionate but not sentimental. And it has a kind of intrinsic poetic charm of its own.

Pub Date: March 11, 1957

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Page Count: -

Publisher: New York University Press

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1957

Categories: NONFICTION