| FB-53571-08 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Carl Rollyson | Amy Lowell, American Poet, 1874-1925: A Biography | 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 | $50,400.00 | Carl | | Rollyson | | | | CUNY Research Foundation, Bernard Baruch College | New York | NY | 10010-5585 | USA | 2007 | English | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 50400 | 0 | 50400 | 0 |
My project is a biography of Amy Lowell. Although she has been the subject of four full-length biographies, crucial aspects of her life and work have not been adequately explored. I will be drawing on the scholarly work of the last two decades to present a much more nuanced and complex portrait of the person and the poet. I plan to employ my extensive experience as a biographer not only to critique the work of previous biographers but also to explore Lowell's landmark contribution to literary biography in her monumental two-volume biography of John Keats. I have identified significant new primary sources that I will be integrating into a narrative of one of America's most important early twentieth century poets and critics. |