Jarrell, Randall (Vol. 13) | Introduction
Jarrell, Randall 1914–1965
Jarrell was an American poet whose extensive knowledge of American history, world literature, and the universal problems of war informed all of his poetry. John Crowe Ransom said that Jarrell had "an angel's velocity and range with language," and Robert Lowell called him the "most heartbreaking … poet of his generation." His best known work is "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner." Jarrell also wrote penetrating and very readable literary criticism and a novel, Pictures from an Institution. (See also CLC, Vols. 1, 2, 6, 9, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8, rev. ed.; obituary, Vols. 25-28.)
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