Synopsis
Revised 2nd edition of "Love & Fame," a collection of John Berryman's poems written shortly before his suicide. From The Saturday Review: "Love & Fame" is a book of enormous emotional range. Adolescent lusts and embarrassments, suicidal impulses, prides that lead to fears, important hatreds, love, friendship, madness, reassessments and confusions, terrifying self-examination- you can find them here. This is a book that takes the reader from the minuscule personal detail to confrontations with the unknowable."
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About John Berryman
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John Berryman
1914–1972
John Allyn (Smith) Berryman was an American poet, a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and often considered one of the founders of the Confessional school of poetry. He was the author of The Dream Songs, which are playful, witty, and morbid. Berryman committed suicide in 1972. - Wikipedia
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