In the Clearing: continuity and unity in Frost's dualism.(Robert Frost)

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From: Humanitas
Date: 20050322
Author:Stanlis, Peter J.

One of the most significant revelations into Robert Frost's philosophical dualism of mind or spirit and of matter as the basis of all reality is the insight that emerges when his essay "On Emerson" (delivered in 1958) is read in conjunction with his remarks in "The Future of Man" symposium (1959), and both of these prose works together are perceived as prelude to the poet's climactic case for dualism in his final volume of poetry, In the Clearing. "On Emerson" was published in Daedalus (Fall of 1959); the "Future of Man" remained in several manuscript forms beyond 1959; and ...

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