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Only Sing

152 Uncollected Dream Songs

by John Berryman
language: english
Publisher: Faber & Faber, January of 2026 ‧
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The never-before-published poems of one of the great American poets, edited and introduced by Shane McCrae.

Only Sing is a continuation of John Berryman's vast project The Dream Songs. These 152 never-before-published poems are an expansion of this epic of the American twentieth-century psyche.

In the voice and figure of Henry - riddled with desire, self-loathing and a permanent sense of being odds with the world - Berryman created, in the words of McCrae, 'a hero for a disenchanted nation'.

Berryman never saw these dream songs in print but he was content that if they ever appeared, it would 'be up to the reader to fit those poems in among the published ones'.

Only Sing

152 Uncollected Dream Songs

by John Berryman

Property Description
ISBN: 9780571400133
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date: January of 2026
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 192
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Poetry
Books in English > Fiction > Memories and Testimonies
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780571400133

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Berryman

John Berryman nasceu em 1914, no Oklahoma, EUA. Ao longo da vida, passou por várias instituições da Ivy League e pela Universidade de Cambridge, primeiro enquanto estudante e depois durante a sua carreira como professor e investigador. Autor maior da literatura norte-americana da segunda metade do século XX e figura-chave da corrente confessional da poesia, Berryman foi galardoado com o Prémio Pulitzer por 77 Oníricas (1965) e com o National Book Award por His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1969). A sua obra poética – que, tal como a vida do poeta, foi profundamente marcada pelo suicídio do pai, quando Berryman tinha 11 anos – compreende livros como The Dispossessed (1948), Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956) e Henry’s Fate & Other Poems, 1967-1972 (1977), entre outros. John Berryman suicidou-se em 1972.

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