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The Dream Songs is a compilation of two books of poetry, 77 Dream Songs (1964) and His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1968), by the American poet John Berryman.According to Berryman's "Note" to The Dream Songs, "This volume combines 77 Dream Songs and His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, comprising Books I through VII of a poem whose working title, since 1955, has been The Dream Songs."
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry. His 77 Dream Songs (1964) won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. [1]
The episode's title derives from a line in John Berryman's "Dream Song 29". [1] The episode, along with the penultimate episode of the season, "Pre-Nuptial", was filmed at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire, England. The castle has frequently featured on other television series and is often used as a real-life wedding locale. [2]
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First edition of Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975), by John Ashbery. Quia Pauper Amavi (1908) - Ezra Pound; A Quinzaine for This Yule (1908) - Ezra Pound; Ramprasadi (devotional songs) - Ramprasad Sen; A Remembrance Collection of New Poems (1959) - Robert Frost; The Revisionist's Dream (2001) - Renée Ashley; Ripostes (1912) - Ezra Pound
Other key texts of the American "confessional" school of poetry include Plath's Ariel, Berryman's The Dream Songs, and Sexton's To Bedlam and Part Way Back, though Berryman himself rejected the label "with rage and contempt": "The word doesn't mean anything. I understand the confessional to be a place where you go and talk with a priest.
The song, from the band's 1991 album Achtung Baby, is dedicated to the poet and in its final verse is quoted the title of his book In Dreams Begin Responsibilities. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] In 1968, Schwartz's friend and peer, fellow poet John Berryman , dedicated his book His Toy, His Dream, His Rest "to the sacred memory of Delmore Schwartz ...
John Berryman, 77 Dream Poems (1964), or His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1968) Winners receive a prize of $20,000; three finalists (including the eventual winner) receive $1,000 apiece. [5] The prize does not require that nominees have an existing body of work or reach a certain age. [2]