Dr. Stanlis met Robert Frost in
June, 1939 as a student at the Bread Loaf School of English in
Ripton, Vermont. Their association developed over the course
of six summers when Stanlis was a student continuing two more
summers as a faculty member resulting in a friendship and professional
association which lasted 23 years.
Following a distinguished career
as a professor at prominent American colleges and universities,
in 1982 he was appointed by President Reagan to the National
Council for the Humanities, for a six year term. In 1987 he was
appointed a British Academy Research Fellow, and became a member
of the Academic Board of the National Humanities Institute. Dr.
Stanlis is the most widely published authority on the 18th century
political philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke.
Dr. Stanlis is one of the foremost
Frost scholars in the world today. His scholarship is greatly
enhanced by his personal friendship and association with the
poet. He has published numerous essays on Frost mainly focusing
on Frost’s philosophy as well as his poetry. He has examined
Frost’s political views and his ideas about the individual
and society.
