Robert Frost And Sidney Cox Forty Years Of Literary Friendship

Robert Frost and Sidney Cox: Forty Years of Friendship, edited by William R. Evans, was published on 01/01/1981 by the University Press of New England. The volume collects correspondence between Robert Frost and Sidney Cox, a Dartmouth College professor, teacher, and longtime literary associate. The letters span roughly four decades, documenting exchanges from the early 1920s through the early 1960s. The book typically appears in hardcover editions of around 300 pages and presents the correspondence in chronological order with editorial notes providing context about people, events, and Frost’s teaching engagements. The collection is often described as one of the major published groups of Frost’s letters, following earlier volumes of correspondence with John Bartlett and Louis Untermeyer. The letters reveal discussions of poetry, teaching, public lectures, and personal matters, including Frost’s academic appointments and Cox’s role as both supporter and critic. Sidney Cox, who taught at Dartmouth College and worked closely with Frost during campus visits and conferences, became one of the poet’s most consistent correspondents. The book provides documentary evidence of their sustained intellectual exchange and offers insight into Frost’s views on poetry, education, and literary reputation during the middle decades of his career.