Berryman's Shakespeare - Softcover

Berryman, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374527504 ISBN 13: 9780374527501

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001

Synopsis

John Berryman, one of America's most talented modern poets, was winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 77 Dream Songs and the National Book Award for His Toy, His Dream, His Rest. He gained a reputation as an innovator whose bold literary adventures were tempered by exacting discipline. Berryman was also an active, prolific, and perceptive critic whose own experience as a major poet served to his advantage.

Berryman was a protégé of Mark Van Doren, the great Shakespearean scholar, and the Bard's work remained one of his most abiding passions--he would devote a lifetime to writing about it. His voluminous writings on the subject have now been collected and edited by John Haffenden.

About this title

About the Author:

John Haffenden is professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield. His publications include The Life of John Berryman; Viewpoints: Poets in Conversation; as well as a study of poet and critic William Empson. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0374527504
• ISBN 13: 9780374527501
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Editor: Haffenden John