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"The Foxgloves Were Like Tall Altar Candles"
This new edition of Amy Lowell's poems is a dazzling success in every way imaginable, and I hope people take it up for earnest thanks to the prestige of the Library of America and perhaps of Lowell's new editor, the distinguished memoirist and poet Honor Moore.Moore's introduction to the volume hits just the right notes and she is perhaps the ideal candidate to tell us why we should bother ourselves in the work of one of America's natural-born plutocracy who literally never had to work a day in her life.Despite all her advantages, Lowell was from the first interested in the ongoing "revolution of the word" that Pound, Flint, Hulme and others were promulgating, first overseas and then, bringing it all back home, here in the USA.And Lowell was ready every step of the way, not only with her money but with her amazing talent.Lowell's best writing is scintillating, sharp as anything Pound did in the way of Imagism, and yet she had something Pound lacked, perhaps a heart and certainly an openness to writing about sex experience that Ol Ez shied away from.Ezra Pound could never, for example, have written the poem Honor Moore includes here by Amy Lowell from 1919, called "Balls."At times Lowell and Pound seem to be occupying the same cultural space, as when Lowell proffers her own version of the Ballad of the Fisherman's Wife, and when set head to head, Lowell seems to be, well, not quite as smart as Pound, but in her own way she is just as splendid and her life was terribly cut short when she was still (as these things go) sort of young, and it's interesting to speculate on what would have happened to an American poetry in the 1930s that had Amy Lowell working in it!

The book is very handsomely done and I can't think of anyone who won't walk away from it with a new respect for Amy Lowell, and a renewed puzzlement over the byways of publicity and mania that make Robert Lowell (say) so well known and his cousin Amy (say) kind of a relic from out of the closet. ... Read more

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Men, Women and Ghosts is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Amy Lowell is in the English language. If you enjoy the works of Amy Lowell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. ... Read more

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For decades, the work of one of America¡¦s most influential poets, 1925 Pulitzer Prize¡Vwinner Amy Lowell (1874¡V1925), has been largely overlooked. Cigar-smoker, Boston Brahmin, lesbian, impresario, entrepreneur, wildly popular lecturer, and best-selling poet, Lowell gave voice to an erotic, thoroughly American sensibility. She was a respected authority on modern poetry, forging the path that led to the works of Allen Ginsberg, May Sarton, Sylvia Plath, and beyond. Yet, since her death, her work has suffered critical neglect.

This volume presents the most sustained examination of this prolific poet to date. Essays by a transatlantic group of literary critics and scholars explore the varied contributions of Lowell as a woman poet, a modernist, and a significant force behind the literary debates of early twentieth-century poetics. In addition to placing Lowell in her proper historical context, contributors demonstrate her centrality to current critical and theoretical discussions. Amy Lowell, American Modern returns this influential poet to conversation and to literary history„owhere she belongs. ... Read more

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Just Wonderful!
This charming collection of essays will do a great deal to inspire readers to turn the pages of Amy Lowell with a deeper understanding of her words. Today, the spirit of Amy Lowell's poetry resides in these essays.

This collection explores the work of one of Americas most influential poets, 1925 Pulitzer Prize-winner Amy Lowell (1874-1925). A cigar-smoker, Boston Brahmin, lesbian, impresario, entrepreneur, wildly popular lecturer, and best-selling poet. A respected authority on modern poetry, she forged the path that led to the works of the famous Allen Ginsberg, May Sarton, Sylvia Plath, and beyond.

To date, this book provides a thorough examination of this prolific poet. Amy Lowell, American Modern should be read to discover more about one of America's most influential poets. ... Read more

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This engaging collection of essays restores Amy Lowell's rightful place in the history of American literature. Carl Rollyson, author of several major literary biographies, corrects the distorted and often hostile accounts of Lowell that have appeared in biographies of D. H. Lawrence, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, and other writers who collaborated with her in establishing the "new poetry" as an integral part of post World War I American culture. For the first time, a well-rounded portrait of Lowell emerges to contradict the malicious and inaccurate reports of her public and private life.

Especially notable is Rollyson's discussion of Lowell's friendships with women who wrote memoirs about the poet that contradict the sort of prejudice leveled against her by Pound and his circle of writers and critics. Rollyson's brief but revealing discussions of Lowell's poetry, and his inclusion of the full texts of key poems, makes this volume an authoritative introduction for new readers of one of the 20th century's important writers. And Rollyson's meticulous analysis of several literary biographies also makes a contribution to the study of contemporary life writing.

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An Amy Lowell for the 21st century
The cover image of my book is taken from Hokusai's famous print of the great wave.Carl Sandburg once said arguing with Amy Lowell was like arguing with a "big blue wave."I believe he had Hokusai's art in mind. At any rate, Amy Lowell knew Hokusai's work very well, and my book discusses her deep immersion in Chinese and Japanese literature and art.She was an overwhelming presence in 1920s America, and she could be overbearing.But she was a far more complex and sensitive figure than most biographers have recognized.My book shows where they went wrong and why Amy Lowell matters.As I say in my preface, the book might have been titled "Justice to Amy Lowell."

An iconoclastic view of Amy Lowell
This book is meant to pave the way for my new biography of Amy Lowell (still in progress).I'm seeking to overturn generations of commentary about her that has presented her as a kind of freak.I take issue with nearly every biographer who has written about her--mainly because most of them simply repeat the boilerplate language about her that various hostile modernist poets (most of them males) promulgated.I've also presented a discussion of several memoirs of Lowell that have also distorted her image and place in literary history.At the same time, I identify a handful of reminiscences that reveal a very different Amy Lowell--one much more sensitive than legends of her behavior have promoted.Readers familiar with my other books--especially READING BIOGRAPHY, A HIGHER FORM OF CANNIBALISM?: ADVENTURES IN THE ART AND POLITICS OF BIOGRAPHY, and BIOGRAPHY: A USER'S GUIDE--will notice how I continue my quest to critique modern biography and the genre's contribution to literary history.The "customer image" I've provided, by the way, is a version of the book's cover, which alludes to Carl Sandburg's comment that arguing with Lowell was like arguing with a "big blue wave."Why Sandburg said that is the subject of one of the book's essays.I also expect to have this text available in an inexpensive Kindle edition. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: London Eyre and Spottiswoode in 1918 in 68 pages; Subjects: Women and literature/ United States/ History/ 20th century; Poets, American/ 20th century/ Biography; Imagist poetry/ History and criticism; Women and literature; Poets, American; Imagist poetry; Modernism (Literature); Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century; Poets, American - 20th century; Modernism (Literature) - United States; Imagist poetry, American - History and criticism; Lowell, Amy; Imagist poetry, American; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Biography ... Read more

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Wow, what a story !
I found this book completely riveting.The idea of a woman who takes off in her dead husband's beloved car (which she wasn't allowed to drive), heading for who-knows-what adventure is very compelling.Add to that the fact that she has her cat and a bottle of gin with her, meets up with all kinds of crazy characters, and has a couple of love affairs along the way.I couldn't help thinking about Thelma and Louise, although there really isn't any similarity to the story other than the car and the journey to independence.

Christ, Amy Lowell a winner on many levels
This novel defies being categorized.It's an adventure story.You'll be turning pages as fast as you can.It's a story of survival in spite of the most horrendous obstacles.You will be spellbound.It's a tale of love and friendship. It delves into the need we all have of family. We all need approval, and Christ, Amy Lowell talks to us of our needs.Some may call it a feminist novel.It certainly includes aspects of the feminist message; but it is far more than one more tract on that subject.Do you remember reading those picaresque novels in school, the ones with the rogue adventurer who got himself or herself into one scrape after another?McCaslin's heroine Elzabeth, her cat Mehitabel, and her friend Melanie take a 21st Century picaresque cross-country trek toward understanding and possibly freedom. And the reader gets to go along for the exhilerating ride.At the end of the 522 pages, the reader is begging for just one more adventure.Read it.You won't be sorry.

Vincent Caprio-Easton, CT
I loved the energy of this book and felt great empathy with the main character as she struggled along her path to enlightenment. I would recommend it to any reader who enjoys a good tale, a bit outrageous and often bigger than life.

Loved it!
I just finished reading Christ, Amy Lowell and loved it.This crazy book knocked me for a loop. It's a loud travelogue that takes the main character across the US with the help of many strong and colorful women. I recommend it highly! ... Read more

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In March, 1914, a volume appeared entitled "Des Imagistes." It was a collection of the work of various young poets, presented together as a school. This school has been widely discussed by those interested in new movements in the arts, and has already become a household word. Differences of taste and judgment, however, have arisen among the contributors to that book; growing tendencies are forcing them along different paths. Those of us whose work appears in this volume have therefore decided to publish our collection under a new title, and we have been joined by two or three poets who did not contribute to the first volume, our wider scope making this possible.
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Many Swans: Sun Myth of the North American Indians by Lowell, Amy (1920).

About the Author

Amy Lawrence Lowell (1874 - 1925)
Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 - May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.

Lowell was born into Boston's prominent Lowell family. One brother, Percival Lowell, was a famous astronomer who predicted the existence of the dwarf planet Pluto; another brother, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, served as President of Harvard University.

She herself never attended college because it was not deemed proper for a woman by her family, but she compensated for this with her avid reading, which led to near-obsessive book-collecting. She lived as a socialite and travelled widely, turning to poetry in 1902 after being inspired by a performance of Eleonora Duse in Europe. Her first published work appeared in 1910 in Atlantic Monthly. The first published collection of her poetry, A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass, appeared two years later.

Lowell was said to be lesbian, and in 1912 she and actress Ada Dwyer Russell were reputed to be lovers. Russell was Lowell's patron. Russell was the subject of her more erotic work. The two women traveled to England together, where Lowell met Ezra Pound, who at once became a major influence and a major critic of her work. Lowell has been linked romantically to writer Mercedes de Acosta, but the only evidence that they knew each other at all is the brief correspondence between them about a memorial for Duse that never took place.

Lowell was an imposing figure who kept her hair in a bun and wore a pince-nez. She smoked cigars constantly, claiming that they lasted longer than cigarettes. A glandular problem kept her perpetua ... Read more

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The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories, poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries.From tales of love, life and heartbreaking loss to humorous stories of ghost encounters, these volumes captivate the imaginations of readers young and old.Included in this collection are a variety of dramatic and spirited poems that contemplate the mysteries of life and celebrate the wild beauty of nature.The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection provides readers with an opportunity to enjoy and study these iconic literary works, many of which were written during a period of remarkable creativity. ... Read more