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How to Find Materials about the
Poetry of Robert Frost

Bibliographies and Guides to Criticism of RF's Poetry | Biographies of RF | Concordances to the Poetry of RF | Criticism in the Library Catalog | Strategies for Searching the MLA

BIOGRAPHY

»American Writers: a Collection of Literary Biographies. Leonard Unger, editor in chief. New York, Scribner.
PS129 .A55 REFERENCE

Contents: v. 1. Henry Adams to T. S. Eliot.--v. 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson to Carson McCullers.
--v. 4. Isaac Bashevis Singer to Richard Wright.

SUBJECT: American literature--Bio-bibliography

»The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Poetry in English. Edited by Ian Hamilton. Oxford [England] : Oxford University Press, 1994. PR601 .O9 1994 REFERENCE

See entry for Frost.

Subject: Poets, American--20th century--Biography--Dictionaries
American poetry--20th century--Dictionaries

»Potter, James Lain. Robert Frost Handbook. University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980.
PS3511.R94 Z88 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.

»Thompson, Lawrance Roger. Robert Frost. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966-76. 3 volumes.
PS3511.R94 Z953 vol. 1,2,3. REFERENCE

Contents: [1] The early years, 1874-1915.--[2] The years of triumph, 1915-1938.--[3] The later years, 1938-1963.

CONCORDANCES, HANDBOOKS

»A Concordance to the Poetry of Robert Frost. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Guilford, Conn : Jeffrey Norton 1994. PS3511.R94 Z49 1994 REFERENCE

General note: This concordance is based on the text of the standard edition of Mr. Frost's verse, The poetry of Robert Frost published in 1969 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston..."

SUBJECT: Frost, Robert, 1874-1963--Concordances

BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GUIDES TO CRITICISM

»Altieri, Charles. Modern Poetry. Arlington Heights, Ill. : AHM Pub. Corp., 1979.
PS614 .Z9924 1979 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: American poetry--20th century--History and criticism--Bibliography

» American Literary Scholarship. Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, Began with 1963.
PS3 .A47 REFERENCE (Annual 1963-present).

See the index under "Frost" and the annual chapters "Poetry: 1900 to the 1940s" and "Poetry : 1940s to the Present."

SUBJECT: American literature--History and criticism--Bibliography--Periodicals

» Articles on American Literature : 1950-1967. Compiled by Lewis Leary, with the assistance of Carolyn
Bartholet and Catharine Roth. Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1970. PS88 .A7 1950-1967 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: American literature--History and criticism--Bibliography

»Articles on American Literature : 1968-1975. Compiled by Lewis Leary, with John Auchard. Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1979. PS88 .A7 1968-1975 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: American literature--History and criticism--Bibliography

» Clark, Harry Hayden. American Literature, Poe through Garland. New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971. PS653 .Z9924 1971 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: American literature--19th century--Bibliography

»The Columbia History of American Poetry. Edited by Jay Parini. New York : Columbia University Press, 1993.
PS303 .C64 1993 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: American poetry--History and criticism

»Guide to American Poetry Explication. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1989. PR601 .O9 1994 REFERENCE

See volume 2: Modern and contemporary. Lists of articles about works of Frost are arranged alphabetically by
the title of the poem. See volume 2: Modern and contemporary. Lists of articles about works of Frost are arranged alphabetically by
the title of the poem.

SUBJECT: American poetry--Explication--Bibliography

»Marcus, Mordecai. The Poems of Robert Frost : an Explication. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991.
PS3511 .R94 Z785 1991 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: Frost, Robert, 1874-1963--Criticism and interpretation

» Poetry Criticism : Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of
World Literature. Detroit : Gale Research Inc., 1991-present. PN1010 .P499 REFERENCE (16 vols.)

A major set of critical excerpts of literary works. See the "Title" or "Author" indices in the latest volume.
References are provided for the original complete sources of the excerpts, many of which are in the library.

SUBJECT: Poetry--History and criticism

»Van Egmond, Peter. Robert Frost : A Reference Guide, 1974-1990. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1991.
PS3511 .R94 V36 1991 REFERENCE

SUBJECT: Frost, Robert, 1874-1963--Bibliography

SEE ALSO

How to Find Literary Criticism Using the Library Catalog

Strategies for Searching the Modern Language Association Bibliography Database (MLA)