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- Title
Robert Frost's 'The Census-Taker' and the Problem of the Wilderness.
- Authors
Doreski, William
- Abstract
The article critiques the poem "The Census-Taker," by Robert Frost, particularly focusing on the use of New England imagery, diminishing landscapes, and the use of nothingness in the poem. It addresses other poems by Frost that depict the relationship between the landscape and humanity including "Desert Place, "The Hill Wife," and "The Wood Pile."
- Subjects
NOTHING (Philosophy) in literature; CENSUS-Taker, The (Poem); FROST, Robert, 1874-1963; NEW England in literature; LANDSCAPES in literature
- Publication
Twentieth Century Literature (Twentieth Century Literature), 1988, Vol 34, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
0041-462X
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.2307/441435