Jarrell, Randall

Jarrell, Randall ( 1914 – 65 ),
American poet and critic, born in Nashville, Tennessee; he taught for many years in various colleges, and his one novel, Pictures from an Institution ( 1954 ), is a satire on life in a progressive women's college and an early example of a campus novel . He published several volumes of poetry, from his first, Blood for a Stranger ( 1942 ), to The Lost World, published posthumously in 1966 with a memoir by his friend R. Lowell .