{"product_id":"the-selected-letters-of-john-berryman-9780674976252","title":"The Selected Letters of John Berryman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind selection of Berryman's correspondence with friends, loved ones, writers, and editors, showcasing the turbulent, fascinating life and mind of one of America's major poets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Selected Letters of John Berryman\u003c\/i\u003e assembles for the first time the poet's voluminous correspondence. Beginning with a letter to his parents in 1925 and concluding with a letter sent a few weeks before his death in 1972, Berryman tells his story in his own words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded are more than 600 letters to almost 200 people--editors, family members, students, colleagues, and friends. The exchanges reveal the scope of Berryman's ambitions, as well as the challenges of practicing his art within the confines of the publishing industry and contemporary critical expectations. Correspondence with Ezra Pound, Robert Lowell, Delmore Schwartz, Adrienne Rich, Saul Bellow, and other writers demonstrates Berryman's sustained involvement in the development of literary culture in the postwar United States. We also see Berryman responding in detail to the work of writers such as Carolyn Kizer and William Meredith and encouraging the next generation--Edward Hoagland, Valerie Trueblood, and others. The letters show Berryman to be an energetic and generous interlocutor, but they also make plain his struggles with personal and familial trauma, at every stage of his career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn introduction by editors Philip Coleman and Calista McRae explains the careful selection of letters and contextualizes the materials within Berryman's career. Reinforcing the critical and creative interconnectedness of Berryman's work and personal life, \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Letters\u003c\/i\u003e confirms his place as one of the most original voices of his generation and opens new horizons for appreciating and interpreting his poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerryman, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Berryman (1914-1972) was one of the leading writers of American postwar poetry. He is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, the two volumes of which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, respectively.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColeman, Philip:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Philip Coleman is Associate Professor in the School of English and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. He is author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Berryman's Public Vision\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcRae, Calista:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Calista McRae is Assistant Professor of English at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and author of \u003ci\u003eLyric as Comedy: The Poetics of Abjection in Postwar America\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985406132498,"sku":"9780674976252","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5507bdac-7a2f-4f1f-baf1-9b832d941e2b.jpg?v=1769533529","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-selected-letters-of-john-berryman-9780674976252","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}