“Literature is rooted to life, and although a work of art is great only…” — Amy Lowell

“Literature is rooted to life, and although a work of art is great only because of its aesthetic importance, still its very aestheticism is conditioned by its sincerity and by the strength of its roots.”

Insisting that lasting art must draw strength from genuine life · Preface, Tendencies in Modern American Poetry

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Amy Lowell

About Amy Lowell

9 February 1874–12 May 1925

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…

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