{"product_id":"the-dolphin-two-versions-1972-1973-9780374538279","title":"The Dolphin: Two Versions, 1972-1973","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dolphin: Two Versions, 1972-1973\u003c\/i\u003e is an expanded edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning provocative poetry collection that crossed the line between art and life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have sat and listened to too many\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewords of the collaborating muse, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand plotted perhaps too freely with my life, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003enot avoiding injury to others, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003enot avoiding injury to myself--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto ask compassion . . . this book, half fiction, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ean eelnet made by man for the eel fighting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emy eyes have seen what my hand did.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, Robert Lowell's \u003ci\u003eThe Dolphin\u003c\/i\u003e was controversial from the beginning: many of the poems include letters from Robert Lowell's wife, the celebrated writer and critic Elizabeth Hardwick, wrote to him after he left her for the English socialite and writer Caroline Blackwood. He was warned by many, among them Elizabeth Bishop, that \"art just isn't worth that much.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNevertheless, these poems are a powerful document of an impulsive love, and a moving record of Lowell's change from one life and marriage in America to a new life on new terms with a new family in England, rendered with the stunning technical power and control for which he was so celebrated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition, which follows the 1973 edition, includes scans of the pages of Lowell's original manuscript, giving us a look into the brilliant and complicated mind of one of our most beloved and distinguished poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Robert Lowell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924846448821,"sku":"9780374538279","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_34fdc228-6e1e-4e91-b823-2edcd055b2b8.jpg?v=1687839649","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dolphin-two-versions-1972-1973-9780374538279","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}