Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A lightly shelfworn first Printing of the First Edition that is otherwise Fine and housed in an equal dust-jacket.

Hamilton provides a biography of Robert Lowell, one of the most acclaimed and controversial American poets of the 20th century. Hamilton deftly weaves together Lowell's life story with excerpts from his poetry, revealing the intimate and complex relationships Lowell formed with women, family, and friends. Hamilton vividly captures the turbulence and tragedy that befell Lowell throughout his life, as well as the resilience and undaunted ambition that allowed him to continue writing even in the face of overwhelming adversity.

Robert Lowell was born in 1912 in Boston and lived there most of his life. He was married three times and had three children. He died in 1977.; 8vo; 527 pages.