Berryman, John 1914-1972
Overview
| Works: | 401 works in 1,194 publications in 3 languages and 57,107 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Psychological fiction Gothic fiction Horror fiction Historical fiction Spy stories Horror tales |
| Roles: | Author, Performer, Honoree, Other, Narrator |
| Classifications: | PS3503.E744, 811.54 |
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Most widely held works about
John Berryman
- Part of nature, part of us : modern American poets by Helen Vendler( Book )
- The Columbia history of American poetry by Jay Parini( Book )
- Poets on poetry by Howard Nemerov( Book )
- Poets in their youth : a memoir by Eileen B Simpson( Book )
- Dream song : the life of John Berryman by Paul L Mariani( Book )
- John Berryman by J. M Linebarger( Book )
- The life of John Berryman by John Haffenden( Book )
- Seven American poets from MacLeish to Nemerov : an introduction( Book )
- Postmodern American poetry by Jerome Mazzaro( Book )
- John Berryman by William J Martz( Book )
- A poet's alphabet : reflections on the literary art and vocation by Louise Bogan( Book )
- John Berryman : an introduction to the poetry by Joel Conarroe( Book )
- Equivocal spirits : alcoholism and drinking in twentieth-century literature by Thomas B Gilmore( Book )
- John Berryman, a critical commentary by John Haffenden( Book )
- The confessional poets by Robert Phillips( Book )
- Manic power : Robert Lowell and his circle by Jeffrey Meyers( Book )
- Midcentury quartet : Bishop, Lowell, Jarrell, Berryman, and the making of a postmodern aesthetic by Thomas J Travisano( Book )
- John Berryman and the thirties : a memoir by E. M Halliday( Book )
- "After thirty falls" : new essays on John Berryman by Philip Coleman( Book )
- Berryman's Henry : living at the intersection of need and art by Samuel Fisher Dodson( Book )
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Most widely held works by
John Berryman
Stephen Crane by
John Berryman(
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65 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,954 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the only biography by a leading American poet of the great American writer, Stephen Crane. John Berryman originally wrote this book in 1950 for the distinguished "American Men of Letters" series, and revised it twelve years later. This edition reproduces the later version. In Stephen Crane, Berryman assesses the writings and life of a man whose work has been one of the most powerful influences on modern writers. As Edmund Wilson said in The New Yorker, "Mr. Berryman's work is an important one, and not merely because at the moment it stands alone ... We are not likely soon to get anything better on the critical and psychological sides." It is Berryman's special insight into Crane as a poet that makes this book unique
65 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,954 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the only biography by a leading American poet of the great American writer, Stephen Crane. John Berryman originally wrote this book in 1950 for the distinguished "American Men of Letters" series, and revised it twelve years later. This edition reproduces the later version. In Stephen Crane, Berryman assesses the writings and life of a man whose work has been one of the most powerful influences on modern writers. As Edmund Wilson said in The New Yorker, "Mr. Berryman's work is an important one, and not merely because at the moment it stands alone ... We are not likely soon to get anything better on the critical and psychological sides." It is Berryman's special insight into Crane as a poet that makes this book unique
The dream songs by
John Berryman(
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44 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,798 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This edition combines 'The Dream Songs, ' awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1965, and 'His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, ' which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1969 and contains all 385 songs
44 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,798 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This edition combines 'The Dream Songs, ' awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1965, and 'His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, ' which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1969 and contains all 385 songs
Collected poems, 1937-1971 by
John Berryman(
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28 editions published between 1989 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of Berryman's poems, written between 1937 and 1971, includes his seven collections of short poems, the original text of his sonnets, and Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, one of his two long poems
28 editions published between 1989 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of Berryman's poems, written between 1937 and 1971, includes his seven collections of short poems, the original text of his sonnets, and Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, one of his two long poems
His toy, his dream, his rest; 308 dream songs by
John Berryman(
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30 editions published between 1968 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
30 editions published between 1968 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet; [poem] by
John Berryman(
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56 editions published between 1956 and 2014 in English and held by 1,424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume represents the first appearance in paperback of one of America's most outstanding poets. It contains, besides the long title poem, the major portion of Short Poems; a selection from The Dispossessed, which drew on two earlier collections; some poems from His Thought Made Pockets & The Plane Buckt; and one poem from Sonnets
56 editions published between 1956 and 2014 in English and held by 1,424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This volume represents the first appearance in paperback of one of America's most outstanding poets. It contains, besides the long title poem, the major portion of Short Poems; a selection from The Dispossessed, which drew on two earlier collections; some poems from His Thought Made Pockets & The Plane Buckt; and one poem from Sonnets
Delusions, etc. of John Berryman by
John Berryman(
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24 editions published between 1972 and 1973 in English and held by 1,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poetry by John Berryman including the poems under "Opus Dei" and "Scherzo."
24 editions published between 1972 and 1973 in English and held by 1,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poetry by John Berryman including the poems under "Opus Dei" and "Scherzo."
The freedom of the poet by
John Berryman(
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16 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and held by 1,375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Less than a year before his death in 1972, John Berryman signed a contract with his publisher for a book of prose, The Freedom of the Poet, for which he had made a selection from his published and unpublished writings. In his draft of a prefatory note, he acknowledged the influence of Eliot, Blackmur, Pound, and Empson on his critical thought, pointing out that "my interest in critical theory has been slight," and concluding: "But I have also borne in mind throughout: remarks by Franz Kafka ('the story came out of me like a real birth, covered with slime and blood') and Joseph Conrad: 'All the great creations of literature have been symbolic, and in that way have gained in complexity, in power, in depth and in beauty.'" There are thirty-six pieces in all, including not only such justly famous writings on Elizabethan figures as "Shakespeare at Thirty" and "Thomas Nashe and The Unfortunate Traveller" but also "Shakespeare's Last Word" and "Marlowe's Damnations," published for the first time; essays on American writers like Dreiser, Crane, James, Lardner, Fitzgerald, and Bellow, and on poets like Hardy, Pound, Ransom, Eliot, Thomas, Lowell, and Williams; unpublished essays on Cervantes, Whitman's "Song of Myself," Conrad, and Anne Frank; "Thursday Out," an account of a trip to India, and stories, published and unpublished, including "Wash Far Away," "The Lovers," "All Their Colours Exiled," and "The Imaginary Jew."The poet's "freedom" in Berryman's definition is not license but escape, release--even death. The title piece--the second part of his essay on The Tempest--confirms this with his statement about Prospero: "This longing--for release, for freedom-- ... is neither disillusioned nor frightening. It is radiant and desirous."This final book which John Berryman himself prepared exhibits his erudition and scholarship, his critical insight and empathy, and a first-rate poet's powerful prose
16 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and held by 1,375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Less than a year before his death in 1972, John Berryman signed a contract with his publisher for a book of prose, The Freedom of the Poet, for which he had made a selection from his published and unpublished writings. In his draft of a prefatory note, he acknowledged the influence of Eliot, Blackmur, Pound, and Empson on his critical thought, pointing out that "my interest in critical theory has been slight," and concluding: "But I have also borne in mind throughout: remarks by Franz Kafka ('the story came out of me like a real birth, covered with slime and blood') and Joseph Conrad: 'All the great creations of literature have been symbolic, and in that way have gained in complexity, in power, in depth and in beauty.'" There are thirty-six pieces in all, including not only such justly famous writings on Elizabethan figures as "Shakespeare at Thirty" and "Thomas Nashe and The Unfortunate Traveller" but also "Shakespeare's Last Word" and "Marlowe's Damnations," published for the first time; essays on American writers like Dreiser, Crane, James, Lardner, Fitzgerald, and Bellow, and on poets like Hardy, Pound, Ransom, Eliot, Thomas, Lowell, and Williams; unpublished essays on Cervantes, Whitman's "Song of Myself," Conrad, and Anne Frank; "Thursday Out," an account of a trip to India, and stories, published and unpublished, including "Wash Far Away," "The Lovers," "All Their Colours Exiled," and "The Imaginary Jew."The poet's "freedom" in Berryman's definition is not license but escape, release--even death. The title piece--the second part of his essay on The Tempest--confirms this with his statement about Prospero: "This longing--for release, for freedom-- ... is neither disillusioned nor frightening. It is radiant and desirous."This final book which John Berryman himself prepared exhibits his erudition and scholarship, his critical insight and empathy, and a first-rate poet's powerful prose
Berryman's sonnets by
John Berryman(
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43 editions published between 1952 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Love affair in the poet's youth is depicted in the style of Petrarchism
43 editions published between 1952 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Love affair in the poet's youth is depicted in the style of Petrarchism
Recovery by
John Berryman(
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30 editions published between 1945 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Alan Severance, a scholar and Pulitzer Prize winner. struggles to conquer his addiction to alcohol
30 editions published between 1945 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Alan Severance, a scholar and Pulitzer Prize winner. struggles to conquer his addiction to alcohol
Love & fame by
John Berryman(
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29 editions published between 1970 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the most astonishing things about this astonishing book is that it follows so closely in time the enormous achievement of the author's Dream Songs, the first part of which 77 Dream Songs, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1965 and the second part, His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, the National Book Award for Poetry in 1969. Love & Fame is written in a style new for Berryman, new for anybody. The poet talks of his beginnings as an artist' of his loves; of the strange experience of fame ("Dawdling into glory"); of violent politics' of a sanatorium in the Midwest ("Hospital racket, nurses' iron smiles")' of the whole peculiar business of being and staying alive. The poems are cast in language that is fresh, frank blunt, exuberantly gay, shocking, funny, deeply tragic, and never less than memorable: Thought much I then on perforated daddy, daddy boxed in & let down with strong strapswhen I my friends' homes visited, with fathersuniversal & intact. Love & Fame culminates in a grave series of "Eleven Addresses to the Lord."
29 editions published between 1970 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the most astonishing things about this astonishing book is that it follows so closely in time the enormous achievement of the author's Dream Songs, the first part of which 77 Dream Songs, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1965 and the second part, His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, the National Book Award for Poetry in 1969. Love & Fame is written in a style new for Berryman, new for anybody. The poet talks of his beginnings as an artist' of his loves; of the strange experience of fame ("Dawdling into glory"); of violent politics' of a sanatorium in the Midwest ("Hospital racket, nurses' iron smiles")' of the whole peculiar business of being and staying alive. The poems are cast in language that is fresh, frank blunt, exuberantly gay, shocking, funny, deeply tragic, and never less than memorable: Thought much I then on perforated daddy, daddy boxed in & let down with strong strapswhen I my friends' homes visited, with fathersuniversal & intact. Love & Fame culminates in a grave series of "Eleven Addresses to the Lord."
Henry's fate & other poems, 1967-1972 by
John Berryman(
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24 editions published between 1976 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
24 editions published between 1976 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Berryman's Shakespeare by
John Berryman(
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20 editions published between 1999 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's early comedy; Shakespeare at thirty; Pathos and dream; The world of action; All's well; The crisis; The tragic substance; The end; Shakespeare's last word; Project: an edition of King Lear; Textual introduction [King Lear]; Staging [Lear]; The conceiving of King Lear; Letters on Lear; William Houghton, William Haughton, The Shrew and the Sonnets; The sonnets; The Comedy of Errors; 1590: King John; 2 Henry VI; 3 Henry VI; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; On Macbeth; Shakespeare's poor relation: 2 Henry IV; Shakespeare's reality
20 editions published between 1999 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,013 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shakespeare's early comedy; Shakespeare at thirty; Pathos and dream; The world of action; All's well; The crisis; The tragic substance; The end; Shakespeare's last word; Project: an edition of King Lear; Textual introduction [King Lear]; Staging [Lear]; The conceiving of King Lear; Letters on Lear; William Houghton, William Haughton, The Shrew and the Sonnets; The sonnets; The Comedy of Errors; 1590: King John; 2 Henry VI; 3 Henry VI; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; On Macbeth; Shakespeare's poor relation: 2 Henry IV; Shakespeare's reality
The monk by
M. G Lewis(
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10 editions published between 1952 and 1959 in English and held by 919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The monk, Ambrosio is abandoned by his parents as an infant. Raised in a monastery, he is a religious fast-tracker taught to disdain sin and hold himself up as a model of purity, untempted by secular pleasure. In Madrid, as the novel begins, he is the young abbot, leader of a monastery. A mesmerizing public speaker, Ambrosio becomes proud and vain, as his popular weekly sermons quickly raise him to the status of an idol. Mischief and misfortunes ensue as Ambrosio's real virtues are put to the test
10 editions published between 1952 and 1959 in English and held by 919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The monk, Ambrosio is abandoned by his parents as an infant. Raised in a monastery, he is a religious fast-tracker taught to disdain sin and hold himself up as a model of purity, untempted by secular pleasure. In Madrid, as the novel begins, he is the young abbot, leader of a monastery. A mesmerizing public speaker, Ambrosio becomes proud and vain, as his popular weekly sermons quickly raise him to the status of an idol. Mischief and misfortunes ensue as Ambrosio's real virtues are put to the test
Short poems by
John Berryman(
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11 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in English and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collection brings together in a single volume a wide range of John Berryman's earlier work. It includes the complete contents of The Dispossessed, a selection published in 1948 which has been out of print; and all the poems in His Thought Made Pockets & the Plane Buckt, privately issued in a limited edition in 1958; and "Formal Elegy," written in 1963 on the occasion of the death of President Kennedy. There are sixy-four poems in all. Mr. Berryman calls the collection Short Poems, despite the noticeable length of several of the poems, no doubt to distinguish this book from his long work-in-progress, The Dream Songs, from Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, and from the recently published sequence, Berryman's Sonnets
11 editions published between 1967 and 2014 in English and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collection brings together in a single volume a wide range of John Berryman's earlier work. It includes the complete contents of The Dispossessed, a selection published in 1948 which has been out of print; and all the poems in His Thought Made Pockets & the Plane Buckt, privately issued in a limited edition in 1958; and "Formal Elegy," written in 1963 on the occasion of the death of President Kennedy. There are sixy-four poems in all. Mr. Berryman calls the collection Short Poems, despite the noticeable length of several of the poems, no doubt to distinguish this book from his long work-in-progress, The Dream Songs, from Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, and from the recently published sequence, Berryman's Sonnets
Selected poems by
John Berryman(
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7 editions published between 2004 and 2014 in English and held by 503 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 2004 and 2014 in English and held by 503 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The heart is strange : new selected poems by
John Berryman(
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7 editions published between 2014 and 2016 in English and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A lively sampling from the work of one of the most celebrated and daring poets of the twentieth century, John Berryman was perhaps the most idiosyncratic American poet of the twentieth century. Best known for the painfully sad and raucously funny cycle of Dream Songs, he wrote passionately: of love and despair, of grief and laughter, of longing for a better world and coming to terms with this one. The Heart Is Strange, a new selection of his poems, along with reissues of Berryman's Sonnets, 77 Dream Songs, and the complete Dream Songs, marks the centenary of his birth. The Heart Is Strange includes a generous selection from across Berryman's varied career: from his earliest poems, which show him learning the craft, to his breakthrough masterpiece, "Homage to Mistress Bradstreet," then to his mature verses, which find the poet looking back upon his lovers and youthful passions, and finally, to his late poems, in which he battles with sobriety and an increasingly religious sensibility. The defiant joy and wild genius of Berryman's work has been obscured by his struggles with mental illness and alcohol, his tempestuous relationships with women, and his suicide. This volume, which includes three previously uncollected poems and an insightful introduction by the editor Daniel Swift, celebrates the whole Berryman: tortured poet and teasing father, passionate lover and melancholy scholar. It is a perfect introduction to one of the finest bodies of work yet produced by an American poet"--
7 editions published between 2014 and 2016 in English and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A lively sampling from the work of one of the most celebrated and daring poets of the twentieth century, John Berryman was perhaps the most idiosyncratic American poet of the twentieth century. Best known for the painfully sad and raucously funny cycle of Dream Songs, he wrote passionately: of love and despair, of grief and laughter, of longing for a better world and coming to terms with this one. The Heart Is Strange, a new selection of his poems, along with reissues of Berryman's Sonnets, 77 Dream Songs, and the complete Dream Songs, marks the centenary of his birth. The Heart Is Strange includes a generous selection from across Berryman's varied career: from his earliest poems, which show him learning the craft, to his breakthrough masterpiece, "Homage to Mistress Bradstreet," then to his mature verses, which find the poet looking back upon his lovers and youthful passions, and finally, to his late poems, in which he battles with sobriety and an increasingly religious sensibility. The defiant joy and wild genius of Berryman's work has been obscured by his struggles with mental illness and alcohol, his tempestuous relationships with women, and his suicide. This volume, which includes three previously uncollected poems and an insightful introduction by the editor Daniel Swift, celebrates the whole Berryman: tortured poet and teasing father, passionate lover and melancholy scholar. It is a perfect introduction to one of the finest bodies of work yet produced by an American poet"--
Stephen Crane : a critical biography by
John Berryman(
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11 editions published between 1975 and 2001 in English and held by 306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This is a study about the brief, adventurous, travel-worn life - and specifically its relationship to the writings - of Stephen Crane (1871-1900), the American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Despite being an artist of immense talent and achievements, Crane, who died at the age of twenty-eight, quickly slipped into obscurity. Berryman's biography revived Crane's reputation and delineated the scope of his artistic accomplishment."--Jacket
11 editions published between 1975 and 2001 in English and held by 306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This is a study about the brief, adventurous, travel-worn life - and specifically its relationship to the writings - of Stephen Crane (1871-1900), the American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Despite being an artist of immense talent and achievements, Crane, who died at the age of twenty-eight, quickly slipped into obscurity. Berryman's biography revived Crane's reputation and delineated the scope of his artistic accomplishment."--Jacket
Selected poems, 1938-1968 by
John Berryman(
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32 editions published between 1972 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
32 editions published between 1972 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Poems by
John Berryman(
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11 editions published between 1942 and 2004 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1942 and 2004 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Berryman and the thirties : a memoir by
E. M Halliday(
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1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Lowell, Robert 1917-1977 Other Author
- Jarrell, Randall 1914-1965 Performer Author
- Bishop, Elizabeth 1911-1979 Author
- Nemerov, Howard
- Stevens, Wallace 1879-1955
- Crane, Stephen 1871-1900
- Roethke, Theodore 1908-1963
- Haffenden, John Author Editor
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh) 1907-1973
- Frost, Robert 1874-1963 Performer
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American literature American poetry Ammons, A. R., Ashbery, John, Auden, W. H.--(Wystan Hugh), Authors, American Baraka, Amiri, Berryman, John, Bishop, Elizabeth, Bradstreet, Anne, Crane, Stephen, Cummings, E. E.--(Edward Estlin), Dickey, James Dickinson, Emily, Eberhart, Richard, Eliot, T. S.--(Thomas Stearns), Friendship Frost, Robert, Ginsberg, Allen, Incest Jarrell, Randall, Levine, Philip, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Lowell, James Russell, Lowell, Robert, Merwin, W. S.--(William Stanley), Millay, Edna St. Vincent, Monks Moore, Marianne, Nemerov, Howard O'Hara, Frank Plath, Sylvia Poe, Edgar Allan, Poetry Poets, American Postmodernism (Literature) Pound, Ezra, Ransom, John Crowe, Rape Rich, Adrienne, Roethke, Theodore, Spain--Madrid Stevens, Wallace, Taylor, Edward, Teasdale, Sara, United States Warren, Robert Penn, Whitman, Walt, Williams, William Carlos, Wylie, Elinor,
Alternative Names
Allyn Smith, John 1914-1972
Berryman, John
Ioannes Berryman
John Berryman Amerikaans auteur
John Berryman amerikansk poet
John Berryman amerykański poeta
John Berryman poet american
John Berryman poeta estadounidense
John Berryman poeta statunitense
John Berryman poète américain
John Berryman US-amerikanischer Dichter und Hochschullehrer
John Berryman Usona poeto
John Smith (flying ace) Amerikaans officier (1914-1972)
Smith, John Allyn
Smith, John Allyn 1914-1972
Τζων Μπέρρυμαν
Джон Берримен
Ջոն Բերիմեն
ג'ון ברימן משורר אמריקאי
جان بریمن شاعر آمریکایی
جون سميث ضابط من الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
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ジョン・ベリーマン
約翰·貝里曼
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