ABSTRACT
The editors of this collection of Robert Frost's letters—the second of a planned five volumes—express in their preface the hope that the letters, many of which have not been published previously, will provide the “raw material” for a new biography to rectify Lawrance Thompson's somewhat-unflattering portrait of Frost in his authorized biography. The letters in this volume, however, are not consistently flattering. What emerges from Frost's correspondence with family and friends is the image of a restless, uniquely talented, and often-troubled poet who was proud of what he called his “good American prejudices.” Although these prejudices were not always “good,” the letters and the editors' many footnotes help us understand Frost's life and his extraordinary literary accomplishments.
