Reassessing Robert Lowell's Catholic Poetry

Robert Lowell's remark that his poems of the 1950s and 1960s are more religious in content than his earlier poems, without any Catholic symbolism, is intended to disassociate himself from Roman Catholicism. Lowell admits that Catholicism provided both a framework and the subject of his poetry i...

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Published in:Renascence 1995-01, Vol.47 (2), p.117-133
Main Author: Labrie, Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Catholic authors
Catholic writers
Catholicism
English poetry
Literary criticism
Lowell, Robert (1917-1977)
Poetry
Religious aspects
Spirituality
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Summary:Robert Lowell's remark that his poems of the 1950s and 1960s are more religious in content than his earlier poems, without any Catholic symbolism, is intended to disassociate himself from Roman Catholicism. Lowell admits that Catholicism provided both a framework and the subject of his poetry in the 1940s. That was prior to his estrangement with Catholicism following a dispute over the divorce of his first wife.
ISSN:0034-4346
2329-8626
DOI:10.5840/renascence199547214