Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations x
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Method of Citation xiii
6. I. Introduction: Lowell's Poetry of Experience 1
7. II. Myths of Experience 14
8. III. Photographs of Experience 84
9. IV. Impressions of Experience 134
10. V. The Book of Life 214
11. Chronology 241
12. Appendix A. Poems Lowell Copied into His Notebooks, 1939-1943 245
13. Appendix B. Three Versions of Section Three of “My Last Afternoon with Uncle Devereux Winslow” and a Draft of “Skunk Hour” 247
14. Notes 251
15. Index 277
16. Backmatter 295