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James Russell Lowell (/ ˈ l oʊ əl /; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets , a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets .
James Russell Lowell was an American poet, critic, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose major significance probably lies in the interest in literature he helped develop in the United States. He was a highly influential man of letters in his day, but his reputation declined in the 20th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
James Russell Lowell. 1819–1891. The most versatile of the New Englanders during the middle of the nineteenth century, James Russell Lowell was a vital force in the history of American literature and thought during his lifetime. His range and perspicacity in literary criticism are unequalled in nineteenth-century America.
James Russell Lowell. James Russell Lowell was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on February 22, 1819, the son of the Reverend Charles Lowell and Harriet Spence. He attended William Wells School and Harvard University, where he graduated with a degree in law. However, Lowell had no interest in pursuing a career in that field.
Lowell died on August 19, 1891. A poet of great renown in the 19th century, Lowell was one of six children born to Harriet B. Spencer and Charles Lowell, the Unitarian minister who served the West Church of Boston for many years. The elder Lowell was theologically Unitarian, but he refused to attach himself to any definitive denominational ...
- Susan Ritchie
The Present Crisis. James Russell Lowell. 1819 –. 1891. When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's aching breast. Runs a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west, And the slave, where'er he cowers, feels the soul within him climb. To the awful verge of manhood, as the energy sublime.
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James Russell Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; February 22, 1819– August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for ...
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