What is it about?
The life and work of America's leading poet of 1960s and 70s who suffered severe manic-depressive illness
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Why is it important?
Jamison has researched thoroughly and applied her own life experiences to understand Lowell's illness.
Perspectives
Like Jamison, I became intrigued by Robert Lowell after being given a copy of "For the Union Dead" as an undergraduate at Oxford, where Lowell later became a fellow of All Souls and a candidate for professor of Poetry.
John Cookson
Royal London Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character By Kay Redfield Jamison. Alfred A. Knopf. 2017 £25.00 (hb). 416 pp. ISBN 978-0307700278, The British Journal of Psychiatry, February 2018, Royal College of Psychiatrists,
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2017.35.
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