The Poetry of Lowell (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Lowell
- First Published: 1944
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Poetry or poets, Civil War
Critical Evaluation:
Of the generation of American poets who came to prominence in the years following World War II, Robert Lowell has emerged as the acknowledged master and, evidently, the most likely candidate for greatness, the odds-on favorite to fill the shoes of our century’s first generation of poets, the generation which included Pound, Eliot, Williams, Stevens, and Frost. In the 1960’s he has managed to win acceptance and unquestioned recognition by all cliques and schools of contemporary poetry and by a dazzling array of critics at home and abroad. While it must...
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