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Bezig met laden... Poets in Their Youth (1990)door Eileen Simpson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Most of these poets I hadn't read (Berryman, Jarrell, Schwarz) or had only read a little (Lowell). There are so many revealing and fascinating stories here, with such intimate detail about the lives of these American poets. In line with Eileen Simpson's best hopes for this memoir, I will be seeking them out: "It pleased me greatly to be told by those who wrote me about my memoir that the book had sent them back to the poetry... I hope this new edition will also send readers to the poems themselves." Back to the poems, then. (Brian) A fascinating and genial memoir of Eileen Simpson's marriage to poet John Berryman and their sometimes tempestuous relationships with other prominent poets of the same generation, notably Robert Lowell, Randall Jarrell and Delmore Schwartz. Simpson seems to have genuinely admired and enjoyed the association with these writers, and gives what comes off as a remarkably even-handed portrayal of them. One starts to wonder how individuals as ego-driven, insecure, and incapable of dealing with the simplest tasks of daily life, to say nothing of alcohol and drug abuse, and mental instability, ever functioned well enough to write some of the dominant poetry of the period. The book is filled with amusing and illuminating anecdotes and insights. fueled partly by Simpson's own perspective s a mental health professional. Erelijsten
In 1942, Eileen Simpson--then Eileen Mulligan--married John Berryman. Both were in their twenties; Eileen had just graduated from Hunter College and John had but one slim volume of poetry to his name. They moved frequently--from New York to Boston, then Princeton--chasing jobs, living simply, relying on the hospitality of more successful friends like Robert Lowell and Jean Stafford, or R. P. Blackmur and his wife, Helen. Rounding out their circle of intimates were other struggling poets like Randall Jarrell and Delmore Schwartz. Berryman alternately wrote and despaired of writing. Everyone stayed up late arguing about poetry. Poets in Their Youth is a portrait of their marriage, yes, but it is also a portrait of a group of spectacularly intelligent friends at a particular time, in a particular place, all aflame with literature. Simpson's recollections are so tender, her narrative so generous, it is almost possible to imagine the story has a different ending--even as Schwartz's marriage crumbles, as Lowell succumbs to a manic episode, as her own relationship with Berryman buckles under the strain of his drinking, his infidelity, hisdepression. Filled with winning anecdotes and moments of startling poignancy, Simpson's now classic memoir shows some of the most brilliant literary minds of the second half of the twentieth century at their brightest and most achingly human. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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