Dark Airs

John Berryman and the Spiritual Politics of Cold War American Poetry

Brendan Cooper, David Ayers, David Hera , Jan Montefiore

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English

Verlag Peter Lang
23 October 2009

Poetry by individual poets; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; ELT background & reference material

Series: Modern Poetry

In discussions of American poetry since World War II, the work of John Berryman has become increasingly neglected and marginalized. Critics have overwhelmingly chosen to favour the notion that he is an academic, ‘establishment’ poet whose career can comfortably be described as a move from New Critical traditionalism towards self-absorbed confessionalism. This study shows how such a narrow understanding of Berryman’s work is reflective of a broader critical inclination towards a codification of the literary canon as a duel between competing factions of a formalist, establishment ‘mainstream’ and an experimentalist, countercultural ‘avant-garde’.

By examining the extent to which Berryman’s poetry engages with the complex religiopolitical climate of Cold War American culture, this study exposes the inadequacy of the paradigm of mainstream traditionalism in relation to his work. In doing so, it opens up threads of comparative possibility between his work and that of poets ordinarily segregated from him by divisive conceptions of the literary canon. As such, this volume provides a reconsideration of Berryman’s work that simultaneously asks broader questions about the nature of the American poetic canon and established definitions of ‘postmodern’ poetry.

By: Brendan Cooper
Edited by: David Ayers, David Hera, Jan Montefiore
Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: New edition
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 150mm,
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9783039118618
ISBN 10: 3039118617
Series: Modern Poetry
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 23 October 2009
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Author: Brendan Cooper was awarded his Ph.D. by the University of Cambridge in 2007. He has published several articles and chapters on twentieth-century American poetry, including work on Berryman, T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell and Allen Ginsberg.