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Collected Poems
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Not having read Robert Lowell's poems previously, I was delighted with their acessiblity and being a Boston area resident, I enjoyed their local references. I think I had hesitated to read another "confessional" poet having had my fill of Plath, but Lowell is very different and poem after poem pleased me.... »
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Life Studies and For the Union Dead (FSG Classics)
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Robert Lowell's poetry is praised for its technical brilliance, metrical complexity, and verbal ambiguity. In an earlier review of Lowell's Lord Weary's Castle (awarded Pulitzer Prize of Poetry in 1947) I compared reading his poetry to studying mathematics, too advanced mathematics.
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Selected Poems: Expanded Edition: Including selections from Day by Day
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I know that the new Collected Poems has recently arrived, and it is a massive tome. But you don't really need it. Most of what Lowell wrote after "For the Union Dead" isn't that great. And in the Selected you get a great selection from what is effectively Lowell's first book, Lord Weary's Castle--which is a pretty strong book. There is also a generous ... »
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Imitations
Robert Lowell has had dramatic upswings and downswings in his reputation as a poet. Right now, thanks to the release of his COLLECTED POEMS, edited by Fr... »
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The Letters of Robert Lowell
Saskia Hamilton, a New York based poet, proves her mettle as an editor with this fat collection of Robert Lowell's letters.
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Day by Day
I got this book in from the library, read it, found a many gems and was drawn to buy it. If you want a mature Lowell, you'll find it here. Includes 'Epilo... »
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Notebook: Poems
...of this brilliant volume persists in mind. After all these months spent buried in other books, it's incredible that such lines as "off ering our leath... »
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