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James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
Lowell, James Russell. An eminent American poet and critic; born at Cambridge, MA, Feb. 22, 1819; died there, Aug. 12, 1891. His principal poetical works are: ‘A Year’s Life,’ a volume of poems (1841); ‘Poems’ (1848); ‘The Biglow Papers’ (2 vols., 1849 and 1864); ‘Under the Willows and Other Poems’ (1868). Among his essays in literary criticism are: ‘Among my Books’ (two series, 1870 and 1875); ‘My Study Windows’ (1871); ‘Latest Literary Essays and Addresses’ (1892). He published also: ‘Democracy, and Other Addresses’ (1887); ‘Political Essays’ (1888); ‘Heartsease and Rue’ (1888). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).