Book Description

A catalogue of American poet Berryman's (1914-72) own library, providing insight into his life and work and the range of his thought and emotion. Since 1990, the more than 3,200 books and journals have formed a collection in the Minnesota Libraries Rare Books Division and is available to scholars, complementing Berryman's manuscripts and papers, acquired in 1978. For information and research, the catalogue also lists the some 600 volumes that have been dispersed to family members. The listing is alphabetical by author and is not indexed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR