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Berryman, John (1914–1972)

US poet. His emotionally intense, witty, and personal works often deal with sexual torments and are informed by a sense of suffering. After collections of short poems and sonnets, he wrote Homage to Mistress Broadstreet (1956), a romantic narrative featuring the first American poet, Anne Dudley (born 1612), and then introduced his guilt-ridden, anti-heroic alter-ego, Henry, in 77 Dream Songs (1964; Pulitzer Prize) and His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1968).

His poetry has much in common with that of the ‘confessional’ poets, but his use of humour sets it apart. He also wrote short stories and a biography of Stephen Crane 1950.

Berryman, an alcoholic, committed suicide.

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Oklahoma Tate, Allen			Several of Claude's poetic friends were bound for greatness: he was close to May Sarton and we get warm glimpses of her family circle; John Berryman makes a number of rather brittle appearances; even Delmore Schwartz is mentioned a few times, although Claude has little that's nice to say about him. Proust on the Charles by Mack, Robert W. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide an East Texas fourteen-year-old reciting "Ozymandias" at a bookstore for the Favorite Poem Project, John Berryman eating alone at a diner, and, again, Whitman: . FIRE TO FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Davis, Ellen / Harvard Review For writers and poets, as Norris recounts through brief snapshots of Robert Burton, John Berryman, and others, disillusionment and unhappiness are practically a merit badge. Highly contagious: Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life by Baker, Thomas / Commonweal			Jocasta Jocelin Jochum, Eugen Jockey Club Jode, Pieter de Jodelle, Etienne Jodhpur Jodl, Alfred Jodrell Bank Joel Joel, Billy Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffrey Ballet Joffrey, Robert Jogjakarta Jogues, Isaac Jóhann Sigurjónsson Johannes de Garlandia Johannesburg Johannesen, Grant Johannsson, Kristjan Johanson, Donald C Johanssen, Wilhelm Ludvig Johansson, Eva Johansson, Scarlett John Berryman John Bull John Cantacuzene John Chrysostom, St John Climacus, St John Day River John F Kennedy Arboretum John I John I, St John II John III, Sobieski John IV John Lackland John o' Groats John of Austria, Don John of Beverley, St John of Bohemia John of Capistrano, St John of Damascus, St John of Gaunt John of Kronstadt, Father John of Lancaster John of Nepomuk, St John of Salisbury John of the Cross, St John Palaeologus			John Barrymore John Barth John Barth John Barth John Bartlett John Bartlett John Bartlett John Barton John Barton John Bartram John Bartram John Bates Clark John Bates Clark John Baylor Test Prep John Bean Technologies Corporation John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon John Beaver Marks John Bedard Web Solutions John Belk International Program John Bell John Bell John Bell John Bell Hood John Bell Hood John Bellers John Benjamin Band John Bentley School John Bernal John Bernoulli John Berry Hobbs John Berryman John Betjeman John Betjeman John Betjeman John Bevan Ford John Birch Society John Birch Society John Birch Society John Birks Gillespie John Birks Gillespie John Birks Gillespie John Biscoe John Bishop Charitable Trust John Blair John Blanche Memorial Soccer Complex John Blow John Blow John Bockelson John Bockold John Boothe John Bordley Rawls John Bordley Rawls John Bosco, Saint John Bowne High School John Boyd Thacher State Park John Boyd Thatcher Park John Boyle John Boyle John Boynton Priestley John Bradford Sam Harding John Bradshaw Leyfield

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Berryman, John (redirected from John Berryman)

Berryman, John (1914–1972)

Berryman, John
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