Life Studies

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book poetry collection

Life Studies is a landmark 1959 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that helped establish and popularize the confessional mode in modern American poetry.

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Life Studies canonical 5

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Robert Lowell ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Poetry ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 1960 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReputation landmark work of 20th-century American poetry ⓘ
followedBy Imitations ⓘ
form blank verse ⓘ
free verse ⓘ
genre confessional poetry ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ
hasPart “91 Revere Street” ⓘ
“A Drinker” ⓘ
“A Mad Negro Soldier Confined at Munich” ⓘ
“Beyond the Alps” ⓘ
“Commander Lowell” ⓘ
“Home After Three Months Away” ⓘ
“In the Ward” ⓘ
Man and Wife ⓘ
surface form: “Man and Wife”

“Memories of West Street and Lepke” ⓘ
“My Last Afternoon with Uncle Devereux Winslow” ⓘ
“Sailing Home from Rapallo” ⓘ
“Searoad” ⓘ
“Skunk Hour” ⓘ
“Terminal Days at Beverly Farms” ⓘ
A Coney Island of the Mind ⓘ
surface form: “The Coney Island of the Mind”

“The Neo-Classical Urn” ⓘ
“The Old Flame” ⓘ
“The Public Garden” ⓘ
The Scream ⓘ
surface form: “The Scream”

“To Speak of Woe That Is in Marriage” ⓘ
“Waking in the Blue” ⓘ
influenced Anne Sexton ⓘ
Sylvia Plath ⓘ
W. D. Snodgrass ⓘ
modern American confessional poets ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Confessional poetry ⓘ
Postwar American poetry ⓘ
notableFor helping establish confessional poetry in the United States ⓘ
its candid treatment of personal experience ⓘ
precededBy The Mills of the Kavanaughs ⓘ
publicationDate 1959 ⓘ
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ
surface form: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
setting Boston ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
subjectMatter Robert Lowell’s family history ⓘ
marriage and domestic life ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
postwar American society ⓘ
religious doubt ⓘ

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Confessional poetry → hasKeyWork → Life Studies ⓘ
Robert Lowell → notableWork → Life Studies ⓘ
For the Union Dead → follows → Life Studies ⓘ
The Mills of the Kavanaughs → followedBy → Life Studies ⓘ
Confessionalism → notableWork → Life Studies ⓘ