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"In Robert Frost's Visionary Gift: The Wonder of Unexpected Supply, William F. Zak, a notable Shakespeare scholar in his own right, locates the source of Frost's poetic gifts in a habit of mind akin to John Keats' idea of ""Negative Capability."" In this refreshingly unsystematic book, Zak celebrates Robert Frost as a ""figure of the will braving alien entanglements"" and skillfully demonstrates that for Frost, a state of uncertainty, rather than serving as a cause of modern spiritual malaise, instead provides the poet with endless opportunities to contemplate the deepest mysteries of life without ever resorting to the easy consolations of organized religion or ossifying philosophies. Zak argues that Frost is a poet who fashioned his career out of ""a modestly mindful state of being in being, ever wondering about wonder itself."" In doing so, Zak also reminds us that Frost's poetic technique provides all of us with an exemplary method for how we too might brave our own alien entanglements, and for this lesson, I am very grateful. --Robert Bernard Hass, author of Going by Contraries: Robert Frost's Conflict with Science and Executive Director of the Robert Frost Society"

"In Robert Frost's Visionary Gift: The Wonder of Unexpected Supply, William F. Zak, a notable Shakespeare scholar in his own right, locates the source of Frost's poetic gifts in a habit of mind akin to John Keats' idea of ""Negative Capability."" In this refreshingly unsystematic book, Zak celebrates Robert Frost as a ""figure of the will braving alien entanglements"" and skillfully demonstrates that for Frost, a state of uncertainty, rather than serving as a cause of modern spiritual malaise, instead provides the poet with endless opportunities to contemplate the deepest mysteries of life without ever resorting to the easy consolations of organized religion or ossifying philosophies. Zak argues that Frost is a poet who fashioned his career out of ""a modestly mindful state of being in being, ever wondering about wonder itself."" In doing so, Zak also reminds us that Frost's poetic technique provides all of us with an exemplary method for how we too might brave our own alien entanglements, and for this lesson, I am very grateful."

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William F. Zak is retired professor of English at Salisbury University.

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