Robert Frost: The Critical Reception

Excerpt from the Introduction: "Atypical was the pattern of critical reaction to Frost's poetry. Not only was Frost the only poet to win four Pulitzer prizes for poetry, he also was one of the few modern writers whose work received generally favorable reviews. From the 1913 publication of A Boy's Will, critics praised his poetry for its subject matter, craft, natural sentence rhytms, and imagery. In a literary world vehemently divided by controversies over the appropriateness of free verse and common ("anti-poetic") subjects, the consistency of favorable response to Frost's work was surprising - even inexplicable."280 pages of reviews of Frost's works, including an index.