Books by John Berryman

John Berryman was an energetic correspondent. Assembled here for the first time, his letters tell of generosity, ambition, and struggle. He has encouraging words for fellow poets and younger writers and is deeply engaged in literary culture. But also visible are the struggles of a working artist grappling with alcoholism and depression.

77 cantos del sueño, será adonde le lleva a John Berryman, la búsqueda del fantasma de su padre (se suicidó cuando Berryman sólo tenía 12 años) y donde más obvia sea la presencia del mismo: un alucinado discurso donde el autor aborda el alcoholismo, las pesadillas, la violencia física y verbal, el egoísmo, las crisis nerviosas, la lujuria, el deseo desmedidos, las infidelidades y un perenne sentimiento de culpa abandono.Comenzado en 1955, se publicaría en 1964 para al año siguiente recibir el Premio Pulitzer, situando a Berryman como uno de los poetas más importantes de la década.

In this series, contemporary poets select and introduce a poet of the past who they have particularly admired. By their selection and personal and critical reactions, they offer an insight into their own work, as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets in history.