Robert Lowell

The twelve essays in this volume by many of the most distinguished scholars in the field offer a chronological review of Lowell''s career as a poet. The book includes pieces on major works such as Lord Weary''s Castle Life Studies For the Union Dead Skunk Hour Notebook the sonnets of 1969-73 as well as four essays devoted to Lowell''s last complete and often neglected work Day by Day. Essential reading for those interested in the writer who dominated post World War II poetry the book will appeal to students of American literature and to more general readers as well. The divergent and controversial voices in these essays testify to radical disparities among Lowell''s endless experiments and to the complexity and endurance of his work.