Talk:Robert Lowell

Recitation
I was watching the DVD of 'Sylvia' (Sylvia Plath) and was interested in a scene that takes place in her and Ted Hughes' cottage in Devon. They invite Assia Wevill and the poet David Wevill down for the weekend and at one point listen to a latest recording of Robert Lowell reciting one of his poems. Ivankinsman 13:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Biographical info flagged
A few statements in the "life" section need verification or at least clarification.

The assertion that Lowell was "gay" is bound to confuse anyone who has read Lowell's extensive meditations, in verse and prose, on his romantic life; at the very least, it would come as a shock to his three wives and children. If a reliable source were cited here, it would turn Lowell scholarship in a radically new direction, so don't hesitate, please.

The description of relatives Amy Lowell and James Russell Lowell as "gang members" may likewise strike readers as a bit gauche. Please explain. The very mention of them should be qualified by the fact that they were very distantly related.

Also, the spelling of "notourious" has been corrected, although how appropriate the word is here is still debatable. Again, a little unpacking is necessary. Treeemont 14:49, 26 May 2007 (UTC)treeemont


 * In main article, it is stated - but hidden erroneously within a hyperlink, where it is not visible - that Lowell had sexual relations with another male patient (sic) at the Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury. I've moved this unreferenced (and possibly upsetting) statement from there to this talk page, as per Wikipedia recommendations. Any confirmation of this "affair" will be gladly received and will result in it beng referenced - visibly, this time - in the main article.Frankieparley 08:02, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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 * I think article deserves at least B status. Article covers Lowell's writing career very thoroughly. Bio is more spotty but still reasonably comprehensive.Jpcohen (talk) 01:03, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Vague, illogical, POV sentence corrected
Under the section titled "1970s to the present," the following sentence is obscure, doesn't make any sense, and employs weasel words to make a POV assertion about Day to Day: "It was Lowell's only volume to contain nothing but free verse, and for fans of Lowell's work who were disappointed by the uneven 'sonnets' that Lowell had been re-writing and re-packaging in volume after volume since 1967, Day by Day marked a return to form." A book containing nothing but free verse isn't, literally, a return to any particular prosodic form, so the sentence, which perhaps grapples with too many ideas, seems illogical in that sense. If one responds in the sense that Lowell's "return to form" implies some kind of return to a less "disappointing" style, that is incredibly POV. At best, the sentence is vague enough to be corrected for no other reason than it is unclear gibberish, which seems due to the writer's need to insert that parenthetical aside. One is entitled to her opinion on that matter, but a Wikipedia article may not be the best place for it, in light of wiki's guidelines on NPOV, anonymous authorities, and the like. See WP:YESPOV. I've taken the liberty to correct these errors. 24.20.11.231 (talk) 00:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Day by Day
Judging by the positive and mixed criticisms his last published book "Day by Day' got (by reading this article) shouldn't it have its own page? --Matt723star (talk) 20:58, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

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