Early Poems. James Russell Lowell & Fitz-Greene Halleck
Author: James Russell Lowell
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CAB Comment –– James Russell Lowell, in today’s world, is primarily (if not only) remembered for his famous (or infamous) short biography (and literary analysis) of Edgar Allan Poe, which first appeared in “Graham’s Magazine” February 1845, titled: OUR CONTRIBUTORS. — NO. XVII. EDGAR ALLAN POE. WITH A PORTRAIT.  Regarding the ‘portrait’ that was printed, it has become iconic due to its inaccuracy. “The engraving is based on a watercolor by A. C. Smith, presumably done in 1843 or 1844 in Philadelphia. On March 30, 1844, Poe wrote to J. R. Lowell, “You inquire about my own portrait. It has been done for some time now — but is better as an engraving, than a portrait. It scarcely resembles me at all” (Ostrom, Letters, p. 246).   Also…”In reviewing the February number of Graham’s, Charles F. Briggs wrote of the engraving that it was, “something which is called a portrait of Edgar A. Poe. It is poor as a work of art, and something much worse as a portrait. It is a gross wrong to Mr. Poe, and a fraud upon the purchasers of the Magazine” (quoted in Deas, Portraits, p. 22).”  Getting back to the point––James Russell Lowell is mostly remembered for his short Poe bio/analysis which has been reprinted many, many times over the years at the front of many, many Edgar Allan Poe collections.  If you have read any James Russell Lowell, you have likely only read that.  If you haven’t…
READ Lowell’s POE BIO Here:
https://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1827/18450200.htm

MORE About POE & LOWELL:
From “The Portable Edgar Allan Poe”. Edited by J. Gerald Kennedy. New York: Penguin, 2006. pp. 488-490.
“Edgar Allan Poe met James Russell Lowell, the poet, professor, critic, and editor, in the late-1830s, and each respected the other’s work. Poe ranked Lowell as “at least the second or third place among the poets of America.” Throughout the 1840s, Poe penned a series of critical essays calling attention to what he saw as the derivatively mediocre poetry of Longfellow, a long-time friend of Lowell’s, resulting in their falling out. The falling out was, at least in part, a conflict of political, geographical, and cultural interests; the two New Englanders had aligned themselves with the abolitionist movement and Transcendentalism, exalting didacticism as the highest achievement of poetry—things Poe was sharply opposed to. Lowell’s long satirical poem, A Fable for Critics, derides Poe’s “outmoded” and elitist poetic rigidity: he “talks like a book of iambs and pentameters…/But the heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind.”
READ POE’s LETTER To JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Here:
https://theamericanreader.com/2-july-1844-edgar-allan-poe-to-james-russell-lowell/

About James Russell Lowell––From Wikipedia:
“James Russell Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) 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 that rivaled the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside.”
READ MORE Here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Russell_Lowell

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