John Berryman: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #11)

John Berryman: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #11)
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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.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
Color Pink
ReleaseDate 2004-11-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781931082693

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