1943 by Robert Lowell; renewed 1972. From A View of My Own by Elizabeth Hardwick, copyright © 1960, 1962 by Elizabeth Hardwick. From The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford ,copyright © 1946, 1973 by Jean Stafford. From The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor , copyright © 1969 by Peter Taylor. From King of the Cats: Literary Portraits by F.W. Dupee. Copyright © 1959, 1964 by F. W. Dupee.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.: “Rebellion,” “The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket—VII,” and excerpts from “In the Cage,” “The Death of the Sheriff,” and “At a Bible House,” reprinted from Lord Weary ’ s Castle ,by Robert Lowell, by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.; copyright 1946, 1974 by Robert Lowell. Excerpts from “Thanksgiving’s Over,” “The Mills of the Kavanaughs,” and “Her Dead Brother,” copyright 1950, 1951, 1947, 1975 by Robert Lowell; renewed 1978, 1979 by Harriet M. Lowell. Reprinted from The Mills of the Kavanaughs ,by Robert Lowell, by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Excerpt from American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy ,edited by Jean Stein and George Plimpton, reprinted by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. and International Creative Management.
The Hudson Review: Specified excerpts from Joseph Bennett’s “Two Americans, a Brahmin, and the Bourgeoisie.” Reprinted by permission from The Hudson Review ,Vol. 12, No. 3 (Autumn 1959). Copyright © 1959 by The Hudson Review, Inc. Excerpt from “A Meaning of Robert Lowell” by Hayden Carruth. First published in The Hudson Review ,Vol. XX, No. 3 (Autumn 1967). Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Kenyon Review: Excerpts from “Notes on Eleven Poets” by R. P. Blackmur; “Two Poets” by John Thompson; “Two Translations” by George Steiner and “A Note on Gerard Manley Hopkins,” by Robert Lowell. First published by The Kenyon Review 1945, 1959, 1961, and 1944.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.: Excerpts from The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson by Eric F. Goldman. Copyright © 1968, 1969 by Eric F. Goldman.
New American Library: Excerpt from Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer. Copyright 1968 by Norman Mailer; reprinted by arrangement with New American Library, Inc., New York, N.Y.
The New York Review of Books: Excerpt from “The Poetry of John Berryman” and “John Berryman” by Robert Lowell. Copyright © 1964, 1972 Nyrev, Inc. Reprinted with permission from The New York Review of Books.
The New York Times: From an article on the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, March 27, 1949. From “Tokyo War Secrets Stolen by Soviet Spy Ring in 1941.” From “Poet and Politician Orchestrate McCarthy Overtures to Voters” by E. W. Kenworthy. Letter of Robert Lowell to President Johnson, June 3, 1965. From “Talk with Robert Lowell” by Stanley Kunitz. From “Boston Jeremiads” by Selden Rodman. From “The Poetry of Autobiography” by Helen Vendler. Copyright © 1946, 1949, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1977 by The New York Times Company. Reprinted by permission.
The New Yorker: Excerpts from “An Influx of Poets” by Jean Stafford.” Originally published in The New Yorker. Copyright © 1978 by Jean Stafford Liebling.
Nistri-Lischi Editori: Excerpt from “Remembering Cal” by Esther Brooks in Robert Lowell: A Tribute ,edited by Rolando Anzilotti, 1979. Reprinted by permission of Nistri-Lischi Editori (Pisa) and the Institute of English and American Literature of the University of Pisa.
The Observer: Excerpt from an interview with Robert Lowell by John Gale, 1967. Reprinted by permission of The Observer Ltd.
Penguin Books Ltd.: Excerpt from “Il sabato del villaggio” (Saturday in the Village) by Giacomo Leopardi from The Penguin Book of Italian Verse ,trans. George Kay, 1958 ed., p. 287. Copyright © 1958, 1965 by George Kay. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Books Ltd.
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