'Life Stories,' which I helpfully inserted in the paragraph from New Criterion, should be 'Life Studies.' Robert Paul On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lawrence, in quest of a character in Robert Lowell's, '91 Revere Street, > writes, > > 'I attempted to find this hero of World War II Vice-Admiral Billy Harkness > using > Google and failed. Wouldn't someone > like that have an article written about him some place? Could Lowell > have made him up?' > > At < > http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-achievement-of-Robert-Lowell-1611>, > one finds > > Part Two [of *Life Stories*] is a twenty-five-page prose piece, “91 > Revere Street,” which provides background and many details > > that could not easily be conveyed in verse. This piece has its comic and > satirical moments—a side of Lowell not > > previously revealed in his writing—and has one purely fictional character, > Billy Harkness, supposedly an Annapolis > > classmate of Lowell’s father. > > > Robert Paul > > In search of lost characters > > > > >