| John Berryman: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #11) Contributor(s): Berryman, John (Author), Young, Kevin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1931082693 ISBN-13: 9781931082693 Publisher: Library of America OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2004 Annotation: "Staggering, swaggering, intoxicating": John Berryman achieved a poetry where (in the words of editor Kevin Young) "protagonists search for a lover or friend, ancestor or listener with a recklessness that only Whitman allowed himself. ... Berryman becomes an Everyman attempting, falling short of and often achieving greatness." The formal accomplishments of his early work, epitomized in the masterful Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, led the way to the explosive, splintered, mesmerizing diction of the Dream Songs and the wrenching tones of the late religious poems. By turns or all at once compassionate, raging, scholarly, and uproariously funny, Berryman's poetry remains a unique and monumental presence in the literature of the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2004048570 |
| Series: American Poets Project |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 4.78" W x 7.84" (0.57 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Staggering, swaggering, intoxicating" John Berryman achieved a poetry where (in the words of editor Kevin Young) "protagonists search for a lover or friend, ancestor or listener, with a recklessness that only Whitman allowed himself. . . . Berryman becomes Everyman attempting, falling short of, and often achieving greatness. Young's selection, the first new selection of Berryman's poems in over 30 years, encompasses the formal accomplishments of his early work, epitomized in the masterful Homage to Mistress Bradstreet; the explosive and mesmerizing diction of Dream Songs, and his wrenching religious poems. At once traditional and radical, Berryman was a master of technique who remade language with gusto. No poet of his time wrote more distinctively or inventively, or with more relentless intensity. With its formal exuberance and its uncompromising, often heartbreaking expressiveness, his poetry continues to surprise and challenge. About the American Poets Project Elegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today's most discerning poets and critics. |