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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"A memoir of a famous poetry circle. In 1959 Kathleen Spivack won a fellowship to study at Boston University with Robert Lowell. Her fellow students were Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, among others. Thus began a relationship with the famous poet and his circle that would last to the end of his life in 1977 and beyond. Spivack presents a lovingly rendered story of her time among some of the most esteemed artists of a generation. Part memoir, part loose collection of anecdotes, artistic considerations, and soulful yet clear-eyed reminiscences of a lost time and place, hers is an intimate portrait of the often suffering Lowell, the great and near great artists he attracted, his teaching methods, his private world, and the significant legacy he left to his students. Through the story of a youthful artist finding her poetic voice among literary giants, Spivack thoughtfully considers how poets work. She looks at friendships, addiction, despair, perseverance and survival, and how social changes altered lives and circumstances. This is a beautifully written portrait of friends who loved and lived words, and made great beauty together. A touching and deeply revealing look into the lives and thoughts of some of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, With Robert Lowell and His Circle will appeal to writers, students, and thoughtful literary readers, as well as to scholars."--Project Muse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spivack, Kathleen.
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Spivack, Kathleen. |
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Spivack, Kathleen. |
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American poetry -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History and criticism.
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American poetry. |
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Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Poets, American. |
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20th century |
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Biographies.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781555537883 155553788X (DLC) 2012027775 |
| ISBN |
9781555537654 |
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1555537650 |
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9781555537883 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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155553788X |
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