A descendant of a clan of cultivated New England intellectuals whose forebears, the Lowles of Somersetshire, immigrated to America in the seventeenth century, Amy Lowell took pride in her illustrious ancestry. From 1913 until her death in 1925, Lowell...

An oft-quoted remark attributed to poet Amy Lowell applies to both her determined personality and her sense of humor: "God made me a business woman," Lowell is reported to have quipped, "and I made myself a poet." During a career that spanned just over...

Amy Lowell of Boston was described by A. Edward Newton in his The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections (1918) as "A poet of rare distinction, a critic, and America's most distinguished woman collector." Having begun collecting at an...

Amy Lowell (1874-1925), American poet, critic, biographer, and flamboyant promoter of the imagist movement, was important in the "poetic renaissance" of the early 20th century. Amy Lowell was born in Brookline, Mass., of the prominent and wealthy...