Collected Poems of Robert Frost
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Collected Poems of Robert Frost is a collection of poetry written by Robert Frost and published in 1930 by Henry Holt and Company in New York.
Contents
editThe collection consisted of Robert Frost's first five poetry books:
- A Boy's Will (1913);
- North of Boston (1914);
- Mountain Interval (1916);
- New Hampshire (1923); and,
- West-Running Brook (1928).
Reception
editFrost received a Pulitzer prize in 1931 for the collection.[1] One of the books in the collection, New Hampshire, had received the Pulitzer Prize in 1924.
A special edition was printed after the book won the Pulitzer Prize with a red band around the front and back covers. The front cover banner read: "Pulitzer Prize Poems: 1930: This edition contains Mr. Frost's complete work to date; including six poems never hitherto published and New Hampshire, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923." The back cover banner featured a quote from Hugh Walpole: "More sure of immortality than any book published in the last five years." The frontispiece featured a photograph of the author with his signature under it.
References
edit- ^ "1931 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists". The Pulitzer Prizes.
External links
edit- LibriVox audio recording of A Boy's Will.
- North of Boston public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Mountain Interval public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- LibriVox audio recording of New Hampshire.