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The Cambridge Quarterly 2005 34(2):109-129; doi:10.1093/camqtly/bfi013
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Energy and Enervation: The Poetry of Robert Lowell

Stephen James1

1 Stephen.James{at}bristol.ac.uk University of Bristol

This article explores the intersection of politics, psychology and rhetoric in Robert Lowell’s poetry. It considers how Lowell read aspects of American public life in terms of the oscillation between aggressive energy and listlessness that typified his own manic-depressive illness. It also finds in the poetry a related tension between rhetorical elevation and the voice of exhaustion.


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