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Robert Frost on 'Listen America': the poet's message to America in 1956.

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From: Papers on Language & Literature
Date: 19930922
Author:Cornett, Michael E.

Robert Frost recorded a radio lecture-reading for the National Assn of Educational Broadcasters' 'Listen America' in 1955 which was broadcast in 1956. This program has not received appropriate attention considering that Frost almost never did a radio program and it reveals Frost's perspective on America as a confused nation where national and individual priorities are in conflict. An annotated transcript of the program is included.

Though Robert Frost intensely enjoyed talking about and saying his poetry, maintaining a full schedule of public appearances even in his last years, he had ...

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