Robert Lowell's Poems: A Selection - Softcover

Lowell, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571101828 ISBN 13: 9780571101825

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1984

Synopsis

Selected Poems includes over 200 poems, culled from each of Robert Lowell's books of verse-- Lord Weary's Castle , The Mills of the Kavanaughs , Life Studies , For the Union Dead , Near the Ocean , History , For Lizzie and Harriet , and The Dolphin . This edition, which first appeared in 1977, was revised by the there are additions, deletions, and a change in sequence in the Dolphin section; the five poems in the title sequence from Near the Ocean are now uncut; and a new poem is added to the "Nineteen Thirties."

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About the Author

Robert Lowell (1917-1977) was born in Boston. He was recogniz ed as an accomplished poet in his own lifetime, and along with Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman and Sylvia Plath he created the fashion and generated the force of American poetry over the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Life Studies, published in 1959, marked a watershed. It initiated an autobiographical project which would dominate his oeuvre thereafter, and is now regarded as one of the most influential books of the century. He received a Pulitzer prize for Lord Weary's Castle (1946) and another for The Dolphin (1973).

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571101828
• ISBN 13: 9780571101825
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192