Selected Poems: Revised Edition - Softcover

Lowell, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374514003 ISBN 13: 9780374514006

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977

Synopsis

Selected Poems includes over 200 poems, culled from each of Robert Lowell's books of verse--Lord Weary's Castle, The Mills of the Kavanaughs, Life Studies, For the Union Dead, Near the Ocean, History, For Lizzie and Harriet, and The Dolphin. This edition, which first appeared in 1977, was revised by the author: there are additions, deletions, and a change in sequence in the Dolphin section; the five poems in the title sequence from Near the Ocean are now uncut; and a new poem is added to the "Nineteen Thirties."

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Lowell, one of America's great men of letters, died in 1977.

From Publishers Weekly:

Starred Review. With Collected Poems (2003) and last year's Letters, this selection—a much-expanded version by Bidart of Lowell's own late-life culling—brings the Herculean effort of restoring Lowell's oeuvre to print and prominence near completion. Next to the colossal Collected Poems, this is a formidable book in its own right, offering a distilled view of the arc of Lowell's whole career and of each of his individual books. From the early formal triumphs of Lord Weary's Castle and The Mills of the Kavanaughs to the seminal Life Studies (which is presented here in its entirety and includes what may be Lowell's most overarching characterization of his work: "I myself am hell"); from the tense and arguably unscrupulous sonnets of History and For Lizzie and Harriet to the dark resolve of The Dolphin and Day by Day: all of Lowell's varied modes are generously represented, along with Bidart's notes from Collected Poems. This book finally makes the breadth of Lowell's great achievement accessible in a single, portable volume. (Nov.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0374514003
• ISBN 13: 9780374514006
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320