Pulitzer Prize Poetry Winner
A Further Range
by Robert Frost
Summary
The collection extends Frost's pastoral idiom into more openly argumentative territory, taking up politics, science, and the strains of the Depression. Familiar formal habits, blank verse, dramatic dialogue, and rhymed lyric, now carry a sharper, sometimes wry public voice. The book marks his shift from rural observer toward national commentator.
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Historical Context & Significance
Critics were divided on Frost's shift into more "moralizing" poetry, but the Pulitzer Board remained loyal to his craftsmanship.