May 24, 1959 (vol. 5, iss. 9) • Page Image 12
… 0 1 ,AqW w« 4 "LIFE STUDIES":* Robert Lowell Enters His Own Distinct Idiom By RUSS GREGORY LIFE STUDIES, by Robert Lowell. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. New York. 1959. 90 pages. $3.50. ROBERT LOWELL is regarded as the outstanding American poet under fifty. "Life Studies," his new book, is a brilliant explanation of why he is so highly rated: he has not only talent, which is fairly common, but the genius to change, a quality which demands ...…