The Dolphin
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The Dolphin is a controversial 1973 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that explores his troubled personal life and marital breakdown through confessional verse.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dolphin canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| awardCategory | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ |
| controversy |
ethical questions about confessional poetry
ⓘ
use of private letters in poems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizedBy |
Elizabeth Bishop
ⓘ
Elizabeth Hardwick ⓘ |
| followedBy | Day by Day ⓘ |
| follows | For Lizzie and Harriet ⓘ |
| form |
free verse
ⓘ
sonnet-like structures ⓘ |
| genre |
confessional poetry
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorSpouseDepicted |
Caroline Blackwood
ⓘ
Elizabeth Hardwick ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374148929 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Robert Lowell
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surface form:
Robert Lowell (as speaker)
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| hasPoet | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| isPartOfDebate | ethics of using real people in poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Confessional poetry
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surface form:
Confessional poetry movement
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| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
incorporation of altered personal letters
ⓘ
intense confessional style ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Lowell's late poetry ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| PulitzerPrizeYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| setting |
England
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| subjectMatter |
autobiographical experience
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divorce ⓘ guilt ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ mental illness ⓘ personal relationships ⓘ |
| theme |
art versus morality
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betrayal ⓘ family conflict ⓘ remorse ⓘ self-scrutiny ⓘ |
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