Amy Lawrence Lowell emerged from the staid drawing rooms of Boston's Brahmin society to become one of the most controversial and influential poets of early twentieth-century America. Born on February 9, 1874, into one of New England's most distinguished families, she would spend her fifty-one years challenging literary conventions, championing new poetic forms, and leaving an indelible mark on American literature. He…
“Books and plays exist because man is groping for a life beyond himself, for a beauty he needs, and is seeking to find.”
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American Poets, Imagist Poets, LGBTQ+ Poets, Modernist Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Tenderness, Wonder
George William Russell, who wrote and painted under the name Æ, was born on 10 April 1867 in Lurgan, County Armagh, and died on 17 July 1935 in Bournemouth, England. He belongs among the most remarkable figures of the Irish Revival, though he has often occupied a position just outside its popular canon. William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, George Moore, Padraic Colum, and later Patr…
“The greatest of all arts is the art of living.”
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Irish Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Wonder, Longing
