Lost Puritan: A Life of Robert Lowell Revised Edition Contributor(s): Mariani, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393313743 ISBN-13: 9780393313741 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1996 Annotation: National Book Award nominee Paul Mariani offers a passionate, highly readable biography of one of America's great poets. Using many of Robert Lowell's unpublished letters as well as interviews with his friends and relatives, Mariani captures the greatness, humor, and heartbreak of this literary giant. |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 00000000 |
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.11" W x 9.21" (1.61 lbs) 552 pages |
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Publisher Description: Robert Lowell's poetry radically altered the American literary landscape, combining as it did family drama and an apocalyptic view of the history of our times. He won three Pulitzer Prizes and two National Book Awards for poetry. Married three times, always to writers, he had his dark side, suffering from crippling bouts of manic depression and alcoholism. Using hundreds of Lowell's unpublished manuscripts and letters, and dozens of interviews, Paul Mariani has given us a balanced, passionate, and readable life, capturing the man, his age, and his place in literary history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mariani, Paul: - Poet, scholar, essayist, critic, Paul Mariani is the author of many books, including William Carlos Williams and The Great Wheel. He teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. |