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Lowell, Robert
Lowell, Robert (1917–77) US poet. Lowell was perhaps the most important voice in American poetry to emerge after World War II. His early work, such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lord Weary's Castle (1946) is rich in Catholic symbolism. He is best known for his later, more intimate ‘confessional’ style, best represented by the autobiographical Life Studies (1959). Lowell and other ‘confessional’ poets, such as Sylvia Plath, reappraised the gap between the private and the public. He won a second Pulitzer Prize for The Dolphin (1973).
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"Lowell, Robert." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lowell, Robert." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LowellRobert.html "Lowell, Robert." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-LowellRobert.html |
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Lowell, Robert Traill Spence
Lowell, Robert Traill Spence (1816–91),elder brother of J.R. Lowell, graduated from Harvard (1833) and for some time was an Episcopal clergyman in Newfoundland, the basis for his novel The New Priest in Conception Bay (1858). Anthony Brade, A Story of a School (1874) derives from his experiences as headmaster of St. Mark's, and A Story or Two from an Old Dutch Town (1878) is set in Schenectady, where he taught at Union College. The best known of his Poems (1864) is The Relief of Lucknow, about the Sepoy rebellion in Lahore (1857).
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Lowell, Robert Traill Spence." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Lowell, Robert Traill Spence." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-LowellRobertTraillSpence.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Lowell, Robert Traill Spence." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-LowellRobertTraillSpence.html |
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