The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Spring 5-2012 "Robert Frost Blues” Gregory Arthur Weiss University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, and the Literature in English, North America Commons Recommended Citation Weiss, Gregory Arthur, ""Robert Frost Blues”" (2012). Dissertations. 753. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/753 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi “ROBERT FROST BLUES” by Gregory Arthur Weiss A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Approved: Angela Ball__________________________ Director Julia Johnson________________________ Kenneth Watson______________________ Linda Pierce Allen____________________ Charles Sumner_______________________ Susan A. Siltanen_____________________ Dean of the Graduate School May 2012 The University of Southern Mississippi ROBERT FROST BLUES by Gregory Arthur Weiss Abstract of a Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 2012 ABSTRACT ROBERT FROST BLUES by Gregory Arthur Weiss May 2012 Robert Frost Blues collectively argues, stylistically and thematically, that apprehending the world is difficult. If one is able to know the world to some degree, the efficacy of that knowledge will be significantly affected by whether other people agree that that apprehension of the world is correct.