Bibliographic Information
- Title
- "Conversations with John Berryman"
- Statement of Responsibility
- edited by Eric Hoffman
- Publisher
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- University Press of Mississippi
- Publication Year
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- 2021
- Book size
- 24 cm
- Series Name / No
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- : hardback
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Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "The poetry of John Berryman (1914-1972) is primarily concerned with the self in response to the rapid social, political, sexual, racial, and technological transformations of the twentieth century, and their impact on the psyche and spirit, both individual and collective. He was just as likely to find inspiration in his local newspaper as he did from the poetry of Hopkins or Milton. In fact, in contrast to the popular perception of Berryman drunkenly composing strange, dreamlike, abstract, esoteric poems, Berryman was intensely aware of craft. His best work routinely utilizes a variety of rhetorical styles, shifting effortlessly from the lyric to the prosaic. For Berryman, poetry was nothing less than a vocation, a mission, and a way of life. Though he desired fame, he acknowledged its relative unimportance when he stated that the "important thing is that your work is something no one else can do." As a result, Berryman very rarely granted interviews-"
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1130850611256326436
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- NII Book ID
- BC04439310
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- ISBN
- 9781496826343
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- LCCN
- 2020047417
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- Web Site
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047417
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Country Code
- us
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- Title Language Code
- en
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- Place of Publication
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- Jackson
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- Classification
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- LCC: PS3503.E744
- DC23: 811/.54
- DC23: B
- DC23: 811.54
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- Subject
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- Data Source
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- CiNii Books