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Dream Song

The Life of John Berryman

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Publisher Description

Dream Song is the story of John Berryman, one of the most gifted poets of a generation that included Elizabeth Bishop, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell, and Dylan Thomas. Using Berryman's unpublished letters and poetry, as well as interviews with those who knew him intimately, Paul Mariani captures Berryman's genius and the tragedy that dogged him, while at the same time illuminating one of the most provocative periods in American letters. Here we witness Berryman's struggles with alcohol and drugs, his obsession with women and fame, and his friendships with luminary writers of the century. Mariani creates an unforgettable portrait of a poet who, by the time of his suicide at age fifty-seven, had won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2016
March 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
580
Pages
PUBLISHER
Trinity University Press
SELLER
Perseus Books, LLC
SIZE
24.3
MB

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