Lost Puritan: A Life of Robert Lowell
- ISBN-10
- 0393313743
- ISBN-13
- 9780393313741
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 527
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Paul L. Mariani
Description
Traces the life and career of the Pulitizer Prize-winning poet, discusses his influence on modern poetry, and looks at the manic depression and alcoholism that marred his personal life
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