Introduction -- Charlotte's web, 1917-1954 -- Southern comfort, 1930-1941 -- Jean Stafford, 1937-1948 -- Mania, 1949-1976 -- Elizabeth Hardwick, 1949-1970 -- The heedless heart, 1954-1970 -- Women friends, 1947-1970 -- Lady Caroline Blackwood, 1970-1977 -- Appendix One. The search for Lowell's lovers -- Appendix Two. Annotations to Lowell's poems -- Appendix Three. Robert Lowell vs. Lyndon Johnson. |