Near the Ocean

poetry by Lowell

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discussed in biography

  • Robert Lowell, c. 1960
    In Robert Lowell: Later works

    For the Union Dead (1964), Near the Ocean (1967), and Notebook 1967–68 (1969). The last-named work is a poetic record of a tumultuous year in the poet’s life and exhibits the interrelation between politics, the individual, and his culture. Lowell’s trilogy of plays, The Old Glory, which views American culture…

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