Berryman's Henry : : living at the intersection of need and art / / Samuel Fisher Dodson.

Berryman's Henry: Living at the Intersection of Need and Art offers scholars and students the first thorough and well-researched vehicle into John Berryman's epic poem The Dream Songs. Through a close reading of the text, an examination of the history of its criticism and some of Berryman&...

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Superior document:Costerus, new ser. ; 158
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Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Costerus. new ser. ; 158.
Physical Description:1 online resource (191 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Prologue: Elegy as Theology: Henry's Search for Death's Answers
  • Chapter 1: Henry's Other Method: The Epic's Freedom of Language in an Experimental Age
  • Chapter 2: The Paternal Elegies: The Dream Songs' Shroud
  • Chapter 3: Henry "pale & ill": Berryman's Elegies of Praise and the Last Word
  • Chapter 4: Posthumous Musings from an Active Coffin
  • Chapter 5: Henry's Uneasy Rest
  • Bibliography
  • Index.