Life Studies

Name: Life Studies
Author: Robert Lowell

by Robert Lowell

Confessional poetry revealing mental illness, family trauma, and personal struggles

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Robert Lowell

American confessional poet whose Life Studies broke open autobiographical poetry in 1959. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice and was the central American poet of his generation.

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