John Berryman's Personal Library
Subtitle: A Catalogue (American University Studies Series Xxiv, American Literature)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: December 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9780820439983
Subjects: Berryman, John, 1914-1972; Literary Criticism; Reference; Bibliographies & Indexes; Berryman, John; Poetry; 1914-1972; Berryman, John,; Books and reading; Catalogs; Library; Private libraries; United States
Description: This catalogue of poet John Berryman's (1914-1972) personal library provides unique insight into the life and work, the range of thought and emotion, and the special interests and enthusiasms of the man the British critic Donald Davie described as "one of the most gifted and intelligent Americans of his time." The library is, just for the volumes alone, a distinguished one in several areas.

What makes it especially valuable though, as this study conveys, is the extensive pencil and ink record of Berryman's passionate and lifelong interaction with the books.