The American Landscape in the Poetry of Frost, Bishop, and Ashbery: The House Abandoned (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century) PDF
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First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the US—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–0–230–60322–6 ISBN-10: 0–230–60322–X Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data MacArthur, Marit J. The American landscape in the poetry of Frost, Bishop, and Ashbery : the house abandoned / Marit J. MacArthur. p. cm.—(American literature readings in the 21st century) Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 0–230–60322–X (alk. paper) 1. American poetry—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Landscape in literature. 3. Abandoned houses in literature. 4. Rural conditions in literature. 5. Country life in literature. 6. Nostalgia in literature. 7. Frost, Robert, 1874–1963—Criticism and interpretation. 8. Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911–1979—Criticism and interpretation. 9. Ashbery, John, 1927—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. PS310.L3M33 2008 811(cid:2).540936—dc22 2007047161 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: August 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. 99778800223300660033222266ttss0011..iinndddd iivv 55//3300//22000088 99::2200::5577 PPMM For my mother, Marit Sheldon Taylor Without your love, resilience, and wisdom, I would never have learned to flourish far from home. 99778800223300660033222266ttss0011..iinndddd vv 55//3300//22000088 99::2200::5577 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 The House Abandoned 1 Robert Frost 8 Elizabeth Bishop 16 John Ashbery 21 1 Robert Frost: “The Ruined Cottage” in America 33 A Rootless Youth: San Francisco to New England 33 Abandoned Houses and Cellar Holes 43 “The Gift Outright”: Key West in 1935 62 “Directive”: The Legacy of Derry in 1946 70 2 Elizabeth Bishop: Incarnations of the “Crypto-Dream-House” 81 A Lost Home and a Fairytale Orphan 82 A Homeless Tourist, 1934–1951 92 Home at Last: The Brazil Years 126 Return to New England 135 3 John Ashbery: The Farm on the Lake at the End of the Mind 147 A Farmer’s Son 148 Escape from Sodus and Early Nostalgia 159 Pulled Home 171 Ashbery’s “Version of America” 189 The End of the Ashbery Line 201 Notes 225 Bibliography 235 Acknowledgments 243 Index 247 99778800223300660033222266ttss0011..iinndddd vviiii 55//3300//22000088 99::2200::5588 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations AW John Ashbery, A Wave AWK John Ashbery, As We Know ATSWS John Ashbery, And the Stars Were Shining CPPP Robert Frost, The Collected Poems, Prose & Plays CP Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Poems: 1927–1979 CPr Elizabeth Bishop, The Complete Prose CW John Ashbery, Chinese Whispers CYHB John Ashbery, Can You Hear, Bird EAP Elizabeth Bishop, Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box. Uncollected Poems, Drafts and Fragments FC John Ashbery, Flow Chart HD John Ashbery, Houseboat Days HL John Ashbery, Hotel Lautréamont LRFLU The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer MSO John Ashbery, The Mooring of Starting Out NBRF The Notebooks of Robert Frost OA One Art. Letters. Elizabeth Bishop OT John Ashbery, Other Traditions SL Selected Letters of Robert Frost SPCM Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror TP John Ashbery, Three Poems WSIW John Ashbery, Where Shall I Wander YNH Your Name Here 99778800223300660033222266ttss0011..iinndddd iixx 55//3300//22000088 99::2200::5588 PPMM
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