Amy Lowell (1874-1925), American poet and critic, was one of the
most influential and best-known writers of her era. Within a
thirteen-year period, she produced six volumes of poetry, two
volumes of criticism, a two-volume biography of John Keats, and
countless articles and reviews that appeared in many popular
periodicals. As a herald of the New Poetry, Lowell saw herself and
her kind of work as a part of a newly forged, diverse, American
people that registered its consciousness in different tonalities
but all in a native idiom. She helped build the road leading to the
later works of Allen Ginsberg, May Sarton, Sylvia Plath, and
beyond. Except for the few poems that invariably appear in American
literature anthologies, most of her writings are out of print. This
will be the first volume of her work to appear in decades, and the
depth, range, and surprising sensuality of her poems will be a
revelation.
The poetry is organized according to Lowell's characteristic forms,
from traditional to experimental. In each section the works appear
in chronological order. Section one contains sonnets and other
traditional verse forms. The next section covers her translations
and adaptations of Chinese and Japanese poetry, whereby she
beautifully renders the spirit of these works. Also included here
are several of Lowell's own Asian-influenced poems. Lowell's free,
or cadenced verse appears in the third part. The last section
provides samples of Lowell's polyphonic prose, an ambitious and
vigorous art form that employs all of the resources of poetry.
The release of "The Selected Poems of Amy Lowell "will be a major
event for readers who have not been able to find a representative
sampling of work from this vigorous, courageous poet who gave voice
to an erotic, thoroughly American sensibility.
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