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This study examines several unexplored aspects of the poetry of Robert Frost, one of the most widely read and studied American poets, and shows how they contribute to the reader´s experience and modernism in general.

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Introduction The Quest for a Name in ´Frost´ Proverbs and the Quest for Certainty The Riddle of It All The Material Text as Witness Tree Coda

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"A thorough treatment of the oft-neglected postmodern strains of Frost´s poetry. Such a book on Frost´s linguistic play is long overdue." - Robert Bernard Hass, author of Going by Contraries: Robert Frost´s Conflict with Science and former President of the Robert Frost Society

"O´Brien´s attention to genre, to Frost´s elusive and ´tricky´ philosophy makes this book not only timely but also necessary to the current discussion on Frost. . .this book will be of great interest to all scholars and students of modernism generally." - Jonathan Barron, Associate Professor of English, University of Southern Mississippi and author of New Formalist Poets

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TIMOTHY O´BRIEN is Professor of English at the US Naval Academy, USA.

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