In 1959 Kathleen Spivack won a fellowship to study at Boston University with Robert Lowell. Her fellow students were Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, among others. Thus began a relationship with the famous poet and his circle that would last to the end of his life in 1977 and beyond. Spivack presents a
With Robert Lowell and his circle: Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth Bishop, Stanley Kunitz, and others
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- Northeastern University Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
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- 256
- Category
- Library
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Biography
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In 1959 Kathleen Spivack won a fellowship to study at Boston University with Robert Lowell. Her fellow students were Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, among others. Thus began a relationship with the famous poet and his circle that would last to the end of his life in 1977 and beyond. Spivack presents a
Robert Lowell -- Elizabeth Bishop -- John Berryman -- Randall Jarrell -- Delmore Schwartz -- Sylvia Plath.
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