num_pages: 264
description: 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.
language: English
title: Robert Lowell: Nihilist as Hero
titlecomplete: Robert Lowell: Nihilist as Hero
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Harvard University Press