Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Robert Frost: "The Ruined Cottage" in America; 2 Elizabeth Bishop: Incarnations of the "Crypto-Dream-House"; 3 John Ashbery: The Farm on the Lake at the End of the Mind; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index
Summary
A remarkably engaging work of literary analysis, this book employs biography and cultural history to explore the scene of the abandoned house in the lives and work of Frost, Bishop, and Ashbery
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index