Robert Lowell's Life and Work : Damaged Grandeur
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This critical memoir by acclaimed poet Richard Tillinghast explores Robert Lowell's profound influence on the course of American poetry and politics--his role in the rise of Confessional Poetry; his involvement with figures of power and controversial opposition to the Vietnam War; his gift, both artistic and political, for the grand gesture. Showing how this gift tragically intertwined with the manic-depressive illness that marked the 'damaged grandeur' of Lowell's adult-life, Tillinghast radically reexamines Lowell's career and argues for the restoration of this complex, troubled poet to a preeminent position in American letters.
