Portrait of Amy Lowell

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Amy Lowell

An American poet and critic associated with Imagism who explored colour, music, urban life and narrative through formal experiment.

Life and context

A short timeline

  1. 1874

    Born in United States.

  2. 1916

    Men, Women and Ghosts published.

  3. Unknown year

    A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass published.

  4. 1925

    End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

  • colour
  • music
  • war
  • desire

Sensuous free verse and polyphonic prose shaped by visual precision, shifting rhythm and dramatic scene-making.

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Works by Amy Lowell

2 works in the Linden collection.

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