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On September 12, 1977, Robert Lowell died following a heart attack in a taxi in New York City. He was buried in Stark Cemetery in New Hampshire. Today Lowell is best known for his numerous collections of poetry, such as ‘ The Dolphin ,’ ‘ Life Studies ,’ and ‘ Lord Weary’s Castle ,’ published from 1944-1977 and posthumously.
Mar 13, 2017 · Robert Lowell was born a century ago, at his grandfather’s baronial house on Beacon Hill’s south slope, the unplanned and unwanted child of Charlotte Winslow Lowell and Robert Traill Spence ...
Robert Lowell (1917-1977) packed a huge amount into his sixty years: a rollercoaster of triumphs and disasters that informed his writing and pushed back the boundaries of what was deemed suitable subject matter for poetry. He was born into an old, prominent Bostonian family which gave Lowell a strong sense of personal and national history which ...
Considered the leading poet of his generation, Robert Lowell in his early work examined history — employing the past to make commentaries on the present. In the 1950s, the poet began to merge public with personal history. Following the lead of the so-called confessional poets, his own style shifted from densely textured formalism to the more ...
Robert Lowell is considered one of the most important American poets of the postwar era. His work continues to resonate with readers today for its unflinching exploration of personal struggles, family history, and the political turmoil of his time. Lowell's poetry is characterized by formal mastery and a confessional intensity. He often drew ...
Mar 1, 2017 · ROBERT LOWELL, SETTING THE RIVER ON FIRE A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character By Kay Redfield Jamison Illustrated. 532 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $29.95.. On Sept. 12, 1977, Robert Lowell, the most ...
Shortly after abandoning England and his wife to return to Elizabeth Hardwick, on September 12, 1977, Lowell died unexpectedly of congestive heart failure in a New York City taxi. He was eulogized at Boston's Episcopal Church of the Advent and buried among his ancestors. Collected Poems was issued in 1997.
