SOURCE: “The Ambivalence of Stance in Edwin Arlington Robinson's Early Poems and Letters,” in Style, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 87-112.
In the following essay, Blumenthal focuses on “New England,” “Dear Friends,” “Doctor of Billiards,” and “Richard Cory” in a discussion of Robinson's ambivalent response to the conventions and values of his hometown, Gardiner, Maine.
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