Volume 29, Number 17 · November 4, 1982
Robert Lowell: Life Studies
By Ian Hamilton
In March 1957 Robert Lowell began his fortieth year with a reading tour of the West Coast. It was a strenuous trip, with readings 'at least once a day and sometimes twice' for fourteen days, and he was later to describe it as an important influence on his quest for a 'new style.' The Beat poets had already trained California audiences to believe that poetry could be enjoyed by the untrained, and Lowell found himself willing to make some small compromises:
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