Lord Weary’s Castle

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Lord Weary’s Castle is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1946 poetry collection by Robert Lowell, noted for its dense, allusive style and exploration of religion, history, and personal turmoil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Robert Lowell
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
awardReceivedYear 1947
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception highly acclaimed
follows Land of Unlikeness
genre poetry
hasForm formal verse
lyric poetry
hasPart “At the Indian Killer’s Grave”
“Children of Light”
linked to: Children of Light

“Concord”
“Mr. Edwards and the Spider”
“The Drunken Fisherman”
“The Exile’s Return”
“The Holy Innocents”
linked to: Childermas

“The Mills of the Kavanaughs”
“The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket”
“Where the Rainbow Ends”
influencedBy Herman Melville
New England Puritanism
linked to: Puritanism

T. S. Eliot
language English
literaryMovement Confessional poetry
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mainTheme New England identity
guilt
history
personal turmoil
religion
sin
notableFor allusive style
dense style
publicationYear 1946
publisher Harcourt, Brace and Company
setting New England
significance established Robert Lowell as a major American poet
subjectOf academic study
literary criticism
usesDevice allusion
historical reference
religious imagery

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Robert Lowell notableWork Lord Weary’s Castle
The Mills of the Kavanaughs followsWork Lord Weary’s Castle
The Mills of the Kavanaughs precededBy Lord Weary’s Castle