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Mending Wall

The “Mending Wall” is a dramatic narrative poem by Robert Frost.  It was first published in 1914, in his collection called North of Boston.  The title “Mending Wall” refers to the activity of the speaker and his neighbor, which is repairing a wall between their farms.  The mending of the wall could also represent the relationship between the two neighbors.  The poem mostly is about physical and emotional barriers between people.

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Term

• Frost, Robert (Subject)

Call Number for Browsing the Shelves

•  PS3511 .R94

Circulating Books – A Selected List

•  Bloom, Harold (Ed.). Robert Frost. 1999.

                   Call Number:  PS3511 .R94 Z9159 1999

• DeFusco, Andrea (Ed.). Readings on Robert Frost. 1999.

                   Call Number:  PS3511 .R94  Z6145  1999

•  Frost, Robert. Poetry of Robert Frost. 1979.

                  Call Number:  PS3511 .R94  A17 1979

• Hass, Robert. Going by Contraries: Robert Frost’s Conflict . . . 2002.

                  Call Number:  PS3511 .R94  Z743 2002

• Newman, Lea. Robert Frost: The People, Places . . . 2000.

                 Call Number:  PS3511 .R94  Z845 2000

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism.  – Call Number:  REF PN771 .C59

o Vol. 3, pgs. 170, 174

o Vol. 10, pgs. 197-198

o Vol. 15, pgs. 240, 245-248

o Vol. 26, pgs. 111-112, 116, 118, 123, 125-128

• Critical Survey of Poetry (Second Revised Edition). – Call Number: - REF PN1021 .C7 2003

o Vol. 3, pg. 1341

• Masterplots II:  Poetry Series (Revised Edition). – Call Number:  REF PN1110.5 .M37 2002

o Vol. 5, pgs. 2453-2455

• Poetry Criticism. – Call Number:  REF PN1010 .P6

o Vol. 1, pgs. 225, 227, 229

o Vol. 39, pgs. 230, 237, 240-256

o Vol. 71, pgs. 34, 43

•  Poetry for Students. – Call Number:  REF PN1112 .P752

o Vol. 5, pgs. 230-244

• The Robert Frost Encyclopedia. 2001. - Call Number:  REF PS3511 .R94 Z459 2001

o Pgs. 203-205

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale
• Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO) 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check the LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised November 21, 2021