James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets to rival the popularity of British poets.
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Lowell's birthplace and longtime home at Elmwood in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Daguerreotype of James Russell Lowell, taken in Philadelphia, 1844
The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857
James Russell Lowell in his later years
A memorial tablet to Lowell at Westminster Abbey bears the inscription: "This tablet and the windows above were placed here in memory of James Russell Lowell, United States Minister at the Court of St James's from 1880 to 1885, by his English Friends"
Grave of James Russell Lowell at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Portrait of Lowell by Théobald Chartran, 1880In their orbit 9
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James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets to rival the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their firesides.
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