Carl Rollyson is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, The City University of New York. Rollyson has published more than forty books, including American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath and Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Raleigh News & Observer, The Kansas City Star, The Barnes & Noble Review, and The New Criterion. Visit his website: www.carlrollyson.com.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteIntroduction: The Absence of Amy Lowell1: Out of the Brood (1874-1912)2: A Voice in the Land (1910-1914)3: Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1915)4: Reaping (1915-1916)5: Winning (1917)6: War (1918)7: Peace (1919)8: Recovery (1920-21)9: Renewal (1921-22)10: Sisters (1922-23)11: The Death of Duse (1923-24)12: Keats (1924-25)13: Done (1925)14: Legacy and Loss (1925-)

'God made me a business woman,' Amy Lowell said, 'and I made myself a poet.' Since Jean Gould's Amy: The World of Amy Lowell and the Imagist Movement (CH, Mar'76), biographers have often focused on the poet's sexuality. This aspect of her life in relation to her poetry is addressed in Amy Lowell, American Modern, ed. by Adrienne Munich and Melissa Bradshaw (CH, Sep'04, 42-0146). Rollyson (Baruch) employs it to present Lowell as a maverick. . . . For Rollyson, Lowell's wealth was a source of authority with promoters and conflict with fellow poets. She was a strong-willed but somewhat isolated character, beset by 'enemies' and most vulnerable in her secretive relationships with younger women. There is little psychological or literary analysis, and one is left to wonder about Lowell's obsession with John Keats, her interest in classical themes, and her nuanced relationship with Ezra Pound. Clearly ambiguous (and rare) moments of feminist conviction in poems like 'The Sisters' are trotted out without explication. The volume is light, but engaging and readable. Summing Up: Recommended. . . . General readers.

Carl Rollyson is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, The City University of New York. Rollyson has published more than forty books, including American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath and Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Raleigh News & Observer, The Kansas City Star, The Barnes & Noble Review, and The New Criterion. Visit his website: www.carlrollyson.com.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteIntroduction: The Absence of Amy Lowell1: Out of the Brood (1874-1912)2: A Voice in the Land (1910-1914)3: Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1915)4: Reaping (1915-1916)5: Winning (1917)6: War (1918)7: Peace (1919)8: Recovery (1920-21)9: Renewal (1921-22)10: Sisters (1922-23)11: The Death of Duse (1923-24)12: Keats (1924-25)13: Done (1925)14: Legacy and Loss (1925-)

'God made me a business woman,' Amy Lowell said, 'and I made myself a poet.' Since Jean Gould's Amy: The World of Amy Lowell and the Imagist Movement (CH, Mar'76), biographers have often focused on the poet's sexuality. This aspect of her life in relation to her poetry is addressed in Amy Lowell, American Modern, ed. by Adrienne Munich and Melissa Bradshaw (CH, Sep'04, 42-0146). Rollyson (Baruch) employs it to present Lowell as a maverick. . . . For Rollyson, Lowell's wealth was a source of authority with promoters and conflict with fellow poets. She was a strong-willed but somewhat isolated character, beset by 'enemies' and most vulnerable in her secretive relationships with younger women. There is little psychological or literary analysis, and one is left to wonder about Lowell's obsession with John Keats, her interest in classical themes, and her nuanced relationship with Ezra Pound. Clearly ambiguous (and rare) moments of feminist conviction in poems like 'The Sisters' are trotted out without explication. The volume is light, but engaging and readable. Summing Up: Recommended. . . . General readers.

Carl Rollyson is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, The City University of New York. Rollyson has published more than forty books, including American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath and Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Raleigh News & Observer, The Kansas City Star, The Barnes & Noble Review, and The New Criterion. Visit his website: www.carlrollyson.com.

• AcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteIntroduction: The Absence of Amy Lowell1: Out of the Brood (1874-1912)2: A Voice in the Land (1910-1914)3: Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1915)4: Reaping (1915-1916)5: Winning (1917)6: War (1918)7: Peace (1919)8: Recovery (1920-21)9: Renewal (1921-22)10: Sisters (1922-23)11: The Death of Duse (1923-24)12: Keats (1924-25)13: Done (1925)14: Legacy and Loss (1925-)

'God made me a business woman,' Amy Lowell said, 'and I made myself a poet.' Since Jean Gould's Amy: The World of Amy Lowell and the Imagist Movement (CH, Mar'76), biographers have often focused on the poet's sexuality. This aspect of her life in relation to her poetry is addressed in Amy Lowell, American Modern, ed. by Adrienne Munich and Melissa Bradshaw (CH, Sep'04, 42-0146). Rollyson (Baruch) employs it to present Lowell as a maverick. . . . For Rollyson, Lowell's wealth was a source of authority with promoters and conflict with fellow poets. She was a strong-willed but somewhat isolated character, beset by 'enemies' and most vulnerable in her secretive relationships with younger women. There is little psychological or literary analysis, and one is left to wonder about Lowell's obsession with John Keats, her interest in classical themes, and her nuanced relationship with Ezra Pound. Clearly ambiguous (and rare) moments of feminist conviction in poems like 'The Sisters' are trotted out without explication. The volume is light, but engaging and readable. Summing Up: Recommended. . . . General readers.