Amy Lowell
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History, American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: A leading poet of her day and leader of the Imagist movement, Amy Lowell also worked enthusiastically to popularize poetry and the other arts. She supported the work of other writers by editing collections of their works and by giving popular lectures on literature.
Early Life
Amy Lowell was a member of the Lowell family which arrived in America in 1639, twenty years after the arrival of the Mayflower, and rose to become one of the leading New England families. (It was the Cabots who spoke only to the Lowells, and the Lowells who spoke...
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