Robert Lowell In Context
Robert Lowell In Context
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USDRobert Lowell was one of the most influential American poets of the 20th century. This volume explores the various contexts of Lowell's life and work and evaluates his oeuvre from new perspectives. Individual chapters address his relation to the South, his religious evolution, aspects of his marriages and private life, his bipolar disorder seen through new theories of mental illness, his work as a letter writer and a connoisseur of art and photography. The book also introduces new parameters for a contemporary study of Lowell, commenting on current debates about race and privilege, feminism, ecoconsciousness, his engagement with the natural environment as well as his friendships with Randall Jarrell and Robert Penn Warren.
- The book introduces new perspectives for the study of Lowell, commenting on current debates about race and privilege, feminism, and ecoconsciousness
- Emphasizes the importance of places in Lowell's life and poetry
- Chapters on topics such as Religion and Marriage that re-assess Lowell under parameters that look very different now from the way they did in the 1950s
Reviews & endorsements
‘On the whole Robert Lowell in Context offers a beneficial balance of informed distinction and reassessment. These essays refuse to flatten their subject or dismiss him as an outmoded ivory avatar, while simultaneously highlighting the ways in which precisely this aspect - his centrality and access to the American world of arts and culture - gave him a rich, evolving means of commentating on the state of the republic in his lifetime.’ Robert Lowell, The Times Literary Supplement
‘Recommended.’ K. Gale, CHOICE
‘With its comprehensive references, readings, and suggestions for further study, both experts and new readers of Lowell’s poetry will find a great deal of enlightening material in this collection.’ Matthew Scully, Twentieth-Century Literature
Product details
April 2024Hardback
9781009465717
338 pages
235 × 159 × 26 mm
0.66kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction. Robert Lowell in Context
- Part I. Places:
- 1. Boston Grzegorz Kosc
- 2. The American south Joseph Kuhn
- 3. New York Jeffrey Gray
- 4. England and Ireland Tony Roberts
- Part II. American Politics, American Wars:
- 5. War Walt Hunter
- 6. US presidency Alex Runchman
- 7. Ecoconsciousness Adam Beardsworth
- Part III. Some Literary Models:
- 8. Classics John Talbot
- 9. Melville Stephen Matterson
- 10. Plaints Meg Tyler
- Part IV. Contemporaries: Modernists and Beyond:
- 11. T. S. Eliot Stephen Regan
- 12. Ezra pound Richard Parker
- 13. John Berryman Philip Coleman
- 14. Warren and Jarrell Joan Romano Shifflett
- 15. Elizabeth Bishop Thomas Travisano
- Part V. Life, Illness, and the Arts:
- 16. Religion Thomas Austenfeld
- 17. Marriage Lucy Collins
- 18. Desensationalizing madness Astrid Franke
- 19. Photography Anita Helle
- 20. Painting Diederik Oostdijk
- Part VI. Reputation and New Contexts:
- 21. Letters Calista McRae
- 22. Whiteness Nikki Skillman
- 23. Appropriation Hannah Baker Saltmarsh
- 24. 'Raw' poets Andrew Epstein
- 25. Lowell's influence Steven Gould Axelrod
- 26. Language and post-language poets Kacper Bartczak
- Further reading
- Index.
