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American aristocracy : the lives and times of James Russell, Amy, and Robert Lowell
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- Creator
- by C. David Heymann
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Dodd, Mead, [1980]
- ©1980
- Physical Details
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- xi, 561 pages : portrait ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780396076087, 0396076084
- OCLC
- ocm05219738
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Part I: Backgrounds: The Lowell landscape -- Heirs and forebears -- Reverend John -- The old judge -- "Mill and mansion" -- The Lowell Institute -- War and peace -- Modern times -- Part II: James Russell Lowell: The natural aristocrat (1819-1891) -- Youth and poetry -- The humanitarian -- Fireside poet -- Harvard redux -- The blue and the gray -- The plenipotentiary -- The Lowell problem -- Part III: Amy Lowell: Last of the barons (1874-1925) -- The debutante -- "A dome of many-coloured glasses" -- "Imagisme," or "Amygism" -- "Sword blades and poppy seed" -- Nightly ritual -- Fighting the good fight -- A Keats sonata -- Part IV: Robert Lowell: Noble savage (1917-1977) -- "Caligula" -- "Fire-breathing Catholic C. O." -- Black mud -- "Between the porch and the altar" -- Back to roots -- New York, New York -- Politico -- Love and fame