Robert 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.
| ISBN: | 9781009465717 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2024 |
| Author: | Thomas Austenfeld, Grzegorz KoÔsÔc |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 338 pages |
| Series: | Literature in Context |
| Genres: |
Literary reference works Psychiatric and mental disorders Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |