• This is a hardcover edition of John Berryman: Selected Poems from the Library of America's American Poets Project series.
  • The volume is edited by Kevin Young and was published on November 4, 2004.
  • It features a distinctive lavender and yellow dust jacket and is 200 pages long.
  • The selected region highlights the book John Berryman: Selected Poems, edited by Kevin Young and published as volume 11 of the Library of America's American Poets Project. 
    Book Summary & Key Themes
    “Young's selection, the first new selection of Berryman's poems in over 30 years, encompasses the formal accomplishments of his early work, epitomized in the masterful Homage to Mistress Bradstreet; the explosive and mesmerizing diction of Dream Songs, and his wrenching religious poems.”, as noted by Library of America.
    This anthology traces the creative evolution of John Berryman, who was a cornerstone of the 20th-century "confessional" poetry movement. The volume explores several defining milestones of his career: 
    • Early Formal Prowess: Features his disciplined early style, culminating in Homage to Mistress Bradstreet. 
    • The Dream Songs: Displays his signature, highly idiosyncratic mix of fragmented syntax, multi-voiced perspectives, and dark humor. 
    • Late Religious Verse: Collects his raw, final spiritual poems that grapple with mortality and faith.
    • Central Themes: Focuses intensely on mental anguish, searching for connection, navigating severe depression, and mourning personal loss