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The Life of John Berryman (Hardcover)
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The Life of John Berryman (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1982, The Life of John Berryman draws on
extensive research in the USA and on an enormous collection of
hitherto unpublished materials - journals, letters, stories and
poetry -to build a biography that recounts in absorbing detail the
public and private stages of John Berry man's career. It also
offers an intimate portrait of a creative artist: his compulsive
self-presentation and self-reproach, his moral and artistic
dilemmas, his dedication and his accomplishments. John Berryman
occupies a central place among the outstanding poets of recent
times. The course of his life ran between the extremes of personal
degradation and artistic ecstasy. He suffered the early suicide of
his father, the dominance of his mother, poverty and professional
setbacks, psychiatric treatment, alcoholism, and sexual and
spiritual vexation. He became an electrifying, fearful teacher and
a loving, jealous friend. His mentors and close associates included
Mark Van Doren, Richard Blackmur, Allen Tate, Robert Lowell and
Saul Bellow. The years brought him spells of deep personal joy and
artistic fulfilment, but all too heavy a hand of terrible
suffering. The book will be an extremely interesting read for
students of literature.
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