Lowell, Amy

American poetess, critic, biographer and Pulitzer Prize winner. Lowell was among the initiators of imagism and her poetry reflects meticulous use of language and clarity of vision. Her collections of verse include Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds (1914); Men, Women and Ghosts (1916); and Ballads for Sale (1927). Lowell won a Pulitzer Prize for her poetic collection What’s O Clock (1925). Her major works of criticism are Tendencies in Modern American Poetry (1917), and a biography of John Keats (1925).

American poetess, critic, biographer and Pulitzer Prize winner. Lowell was among the initiators of imagism and her poetry reflects meticulous use of language and clarity of vision.