{"id":588,"date":"2024-08-16T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/?p=588"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:16:37","slug":"notes-from-robert-lowell-to-eleanor-ross-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/notes-from-robert-lowell-to-eleanor-ross-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"[Notes from Robert Lowell to Eleanor Ross Taylor]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poet Robert Lowell sent these notes to Eleanor Ross Taylor ahead of her twenty-seventh birthday. They are full of inside jokes and funny sketches from &#8220;Arms of the Law&#8221; to Eleanor, whom Lowell refers to as &#8220;Nellie Taylor&#8221;, &#8220;Mrs. Pete&#8221;, &#8220;Tar-Heal Liley Wisp&#8221;, and &#8220;Horsebite Malone&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1579\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-scaled.jpg 1579w, https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-632x1024.jpg 632w, https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-768x1245.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-947x1536.jpg 947w, https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2024\/08\/case3item04together-1-1263x2048.jpg 1263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1579px) 100vw, 1579px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Title<\/td><td>[Notes from Robert Lowell to Eleanor Ross Taylor]<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Creator<\/td><td>Robert Lowell<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Date<\/td><td>May 20, 1947<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Source<\/td><td>Peter Taylor Papers<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poet Robert Lowell sent these notes to Eleanor Ross Taylor ahead of her twenty-seventh birthday. 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