A Pulitzer Prize Finalist In this magisterial study of the relationship between illness and art, the best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind brings a fresh perspective to the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell.
Robert Lowell was regarded by many as the greatest American poet of his generation. "Somehow or other...in the middle of our worst century so far," his contemporary and friend Elizabeth...
These letters document the evolution of Lowell's work and illuminate another side of his life: his deep friendships with other writers, his manic depression, his marriages to three prose writers, and his involvement with the antiwar ...
Robert Lowell, with Elizabeth Bishop, stands apart as the greatest American poet of the latter half of the twentieth century—and Life Studies and For the Union Dead stand as among his most important volumes.
A collection of conversations with Lowell and of critical reflections on his work
In this condensed edition of Selected Poems, Robert Lowell’s poems are brought together from all of his books of verse.
He provides insights into Lowell's poems, especially the lesser-known works and discerns an allegorical pattern throughout the poetry that involves two interrelated elements: battles against patriarchal gods and failed, often demonic quests ...
The poet conveys his feelings and ideas about life and personalities in history
"I. A. Richards as in Poet," Encounter, 14:77-78 (February i960). "Yvor Winters: A Tribute," Poetry, 98:40-42. (April 1961). "William Carlos Williams," Hudson Review, 14: 530-36 (1961-62). 47 “Randall Jarrell,” in Robert Lowell, ...
Lowell to Robert W. Flint , 28 October 1948. R. W. Flint . Speaking of his poem “ Mother Marie Therese , " set in Canada in 1912 , Lowell added that his Canada was actually a construct of Maine and the nineteenth - century historian ...