Robert Lowell, Nihilist as Hero
Author | : Vereen M. Bell |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1983 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674775856 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674775855 |
Rating | : 4/5 (855 Downloads) |
Download or read book Robert Lowell, Nihilist as Hero written by Vereen M. Bell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vereen Bell gives us a subtly reasoned account of the pattern of Lowell's poetry is characterized above all by its chronic and systematic pessimism, but that, paradoxically, Lowell's reluctance to accept the consequences of his own unsparing vision is what gives his poetry its vigor, richness, and tonal complexity.