Robert Lowell In Context

This volume explores the various contexts of Robert Lowell's life and work. It evaluates his oeuvre from new, untried perspectives.

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. It evaluates his oeuvre from new perspectives, including race and privilege, feminism, ecoconsciousness, and his engagement with the natural environment.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.