James Russell Lowell Summary

Biography EssayJames Russell Lowell's achievements are impressive from many points of view. Though his lyrical verse was overrated in his own time, his merits as a critic, a satirist, an essayist, an ... Read more

Lowell's achievements are impressive from many points of view. Though his lyrical verse was overrated in his own time, his merits as a critic, a satirist, an essayist, an educator, a diplomat, a journ... Read more

Despite controversies about the significance of his critical writings, James Russell Lowell stands alongside Edgar Allan Poe as one of the two most important literary critics America produced before 1... Read more

In his later years James Russell Lowell was considered the major man of letters of the age, but posterity has been less kind to him. Today he is little read and is generally regarded as not being in t... Read more

In the following excerpt, Rees surveys biographical and critical assessments of Lowell, noting “that the definitive study of Lowell has not yet been written.” Biography Though Lowell is ... Read more

In the following essay, Mott examines Lowell's satirical estimation of Henry David Thoreau in “A Moosehead Journal.” To a man of wholesome constitution the wilderness is well enou... Read more

In the following essay, Heymann details Lowell's life and writings of the 1840s, particularly his works of 1848: Poems, A Fable for Critics, The Biglow Papers, and The Vision of Sir Launfal. Ja... Read more

In the following essay, Bell studies Lowell's ballad lectures as they outline a Romantic perception of American nationalism. I am going on with my work in an easy way. I can’t say that I... Read more