The Life of John Berryman

List of contents

A note on spelling and punctuation Chronology 1. Introductory 2. Beginnings: boyhood and father’s suicide 3. A monkey among kings, 1927-32 4. Scapegrace and spirited student, 1932-36 5. Distinction and first fiancée, 1936-39 6. First teaching and another loss, 1939-40 7. Harvard and marriage, 1940-43 8. Princeton and the pains of scholarship, 1943-46 9. Art and adultery, 1947 10. Work and shame, 1948-51 11. Transitions, 1952-54 12. Minneapolis and second marriage, 1954-57 13. Breaking-points, 1958-59 14. Third marriage, 1960-62 15. Triumphs and trials, 1962-66 16. The sick and brilliant public man, 1966-69 17. Drink as disease, 1969-70 18. Precarious recovery, 1970-71 19. Last months, 1971-72 Appendix: A famous forebear: Robert Glenn Shaver Selected bibliography Acknowledgements and notes on sources Index of works by Berryman General index

About the author

John Haffenden

Summary

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in 1982, The Life of John Berryman draws on extensive research in the USA and on an enormous collection of hitherto unpublished materials to build a biography that recounts in absorbing detail the public and private stages of John Berry man’s career.

Product details

• Authors: John Haffenden
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032193106
• ISBN: 978-1-03-219310-6
• No. of pages: 468
• Weight: 780 g
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Reference works, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Poetry / Poems