The Trip to Echo Spring (36 page)

184
‘
Scott is gone the first week
. . .': Ernest Hemingway,
Selected Letters,
p. 440.

185
‘
Please lay off me
. . .': F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Letters of F.
Scott Fitzgerald,
p. 311.

185
‘
Never had the real old melancholia
. . .': Ernest Hemingway,
Selected Letters,
p. 436.

186
‘I
wish he would pull out
. . .': ibid., p. 444.

187
‘
He shot himself
. . .': Ernest Hemingway,
For Whom the Bell Tolls,
p. 66.

187
‘
the other one
. . .': ibid., pp. 321–2.

188
‘
the giant killer
. . .': ibid., p. 441.

188
‘
That is what kills the worm
. . .': ibid., p. 198.

188
‘
the drunkard stinks
. . .': ibid., p. 201.

188
‘
a deadly wheel
. . .': ibid., p. 218.

189
‘
The poor son-of-a-bitch
. . .': John Berryman, in John Haffenden,
The Life of John Berryman
(Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982), p. 297.

189
‘
He put down an immense vision
. . .': John Cheever,
Journals,
p. 268.

189
‘
the most fantastic place
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Letters, Volume 1,
p. 304.

190
‘
although he might be decadent
. . .': Elaine Dundy, ‘Our men in Havana',
Guardian,
9 June 2001.

190
‘
Is he the commodore of something
. . .': George Plimpton,
Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring
(Andre Deutsch, 1978), pp. 142–3.

190
‘
He was exactly the opposite
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Memoirs,
p. 67.

191
‘
furtively away
. . .': Andrew Turnbull, ‘Perkins's Three Generals',
New York
Times
, 16 July 1967.

192
‘
He approaches Scott
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
Clothes for a Summer Hotel: A Ghost Play
(New Directions, 1983), pp. 64–8.

193
‘
But my guess is
. . .': Ernest Hemingway,
For Whom the Bell Tolls,
p. 161.

194
‘
It would be all right to do it now
. . .': ibid., p. 443.

194
‘I
chose Key West
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Memoirs,
pp. 63–4.

194
‘
Sponge and deep sea fishing
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
Letters, Volume
1, p. 304.

195
‘
like ladies running barefooted
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
Five O'Clock Angel: Letters of Tennessee Williams to Maria St Just
(Andre Deutsch, 1991), p. 75.

195
‘
Oh how I long
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
Notebooks,
p. 619.

196
‘I
am going
. . .
to rest
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Tennessee Williams: Letters to Donald Windham
(Penguin, 1980) p. 294.

196
‘
He was just plain good
. . .': Christopher Isherwood, in Donald Spoto,
The Kindness of Strangers,
p. 153.

196
‘I
love F.
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
Notebooks,
p. 501.

197
‘
plush-lined loony-bin
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Five O'Clock Angel,
p. 148.

197
‘drinking a bit more than my quota
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Notebooks,
p. 707.

197
‘and has succeeded in destroying
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Five O'Clock Angel,
p. 150.

197
‘I
miss the horse & dog
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
Notebooks,
p. 719.

198
‘
There is probably not an episode
. . .': Donald Windham, in
Tennessee Williams: Letters to Donald Windham,
p. x.

198
‘
like a jungle cat
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Memoirs,
pp. 185–6.

199
‘
The Horse has done
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Five O'Clock Angel,
p. 175.

199
‘
Frank, I want to get my goodness back
. . .'Tennessee Williams,
Memoirs,
p. 188.

200
‘
like the skeleton of a sparrow
. . .' ibid., p. 193.

200
‘As
long as Frank was well
. . .': ibid., p. 194.

200
‘
next to my work
. . .': Tennessee Williams, in
Tennessee Williams:
Letters
to
Donald Windham
, p. 315.

202
‘
sewn up in a clean white sack
. . .': ibid., p. 117.

203
‘I
shall eat an unwashed grape
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
A
Streetcar Named
Desire and Other Plays
, p. 220.

204
‘I
showed him
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
The Night of the Iguana,
in
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays
, p. 309.

204
‘
Nothing human disgusts me
. . .': ibid., p. 318.

204
‘
to be dropped in the sea
. . .': ibid., p. 259.

205
‘I
wish a Greek Orthodox service
. . .': Tennessee Williams,
Notebooks,
p. 753.

207
‘
Liquor and swimming
. . .': Tennessee Williams, in Donald Spoto,
The Kindness of Strangers
, p. 246.

209
‘
When difficulties became insurmountable
. . .': F. Scott Fitzgerald, ‘The Swimmers',
Saturday Evening Post,
19 October 1929.

209
‘
To be embraced
. . .': John Cheever, ‘The Swimmer',
The Stories of John Cheever
, p. 604.

210
‘
that one night
. . .': John Berryman, ‘Henry's Understanding',
Collected Poems 1937—1971
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987), p. 256.

211
‘
All good writing
. . .': F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Letters to His Daughter
(Scribner, 1963), p. 165.

213
‘
Dakin . . . just threw me into Barnes Hospital. .
.':Tennessee Williams,‘The Art of Theater No. 5',
Paris Review.

214
‘
The rest is not blank
. . .':Tennessee Williams,
Notebooks,
p. 733.

214
‘
Did I die by my own hand
. . .': ibid., p. 739.

215
‘
dog shit all over the place
. . .': Truman Capote,
Answered Prayers
(Hamish Hamilton, 1986), pp. 59–64.

216
‘
You have been as brave as anybody
. . .': Marlon Brando to Tennessee Williams, republished on
Letters of Note (
www.lettersofnote.com
)
, 26 March 2010.

217
‘
Why not?':
Tennessee Williams,
Notebooks,
p. 739.

217
‘
Structurally wasteful
. . .': Walter Kerr,
New York Times,
27 March 1980.

217
Michiko Kakutani's essay ‘Williams, Quintero and the Aftermath of a Failure' (
New York Times
, 22 June 1980) was invaluable in reconstructing the last days of
Clothes for a Summer Hotel
.

CHAPTER
7
: THE CONFESSIONS OF MR. BONES

All otherwise unacknowledged John Berryman quotations in this chapter are drawn from the magnificently detailed
The Life of John Berryman
by John Haffenden (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982). This material itself derives from the John Berryman Papers at the University of Minnesota.

222
‘
thin and gratingly intense
. . .': Dorothy Rockwell, interviewed by John Haffenden,
The Life of John Berryman,
p. 65.

222
‘
affected':
Lionel Trilling, interviewed by Haffenden, ibid., p. 73.

222
‘
unwilling monkhood
. . .': John Berryman, ‘Monkhood',
Collected Poems 1937–1971,
p. 195.

223
‘
he is to my certain knowledge
. . .': Mark Van Doren, in Haffenden,
The Life of John Berryman,
p. 110.

224
‘
alternately hysterical and depressed
. . .': Eileen Simpson,
Poets in their Youth
(Faber, 1982), p. 157.

225
‘
Both of our worlds unhanded us
. . .': John Berryman, ‘Homage to Mistress Bradstreet',
Collected Poems 1937–1971,
p. 133.

226
‘
He entered the room
. . .': Philip Levine, ‘Mine Own John Berryman', in Richard J. Kelly and Alan K. Lathrop, eds.,
Recovering Berryman,
p. 38.

230
‘
losing altitude
. . .': John Berryman,
The Dream Songs,
p. 61.

230
‘
out of everything
. . .': ibid., p. 371.

230
‘At
first the brain aches
. . .': Robert Lowell, ‘The Poetry of John Berryman',
New York Review of Books,
28 May 1964.

230
‘
creepy and scorching
. . .': Adrienne Rich, ‘Mr. Bones, He Lives',
The Nation,
Vol. 198, Issue 22, 25 May 1964.

230
‘
I've been in & out of hospitals
. . .': John Berryman to William Meredith, 16 September 1965,William Meredith Collection of Papers, 1941–1973, Berg Collection.

231
‘
Berryman is the only poet
. . .': John Montague, in Haffenden,
The Life of John Berryman
, p. 340.

231
‘
all but dead
. . .': Isabella Gardner, in ibid., p. 346.

231
‘
He was all regret
. . .': John Berryman, ‘Dream Song 310',
The Dream Songs
, p. 332.

232
‘
Pt. admits that he is an alcoholic
. . .': Hazelden notes, in Haffenden,
The Life of John Berryman,
p. 340.

232
‘I
am having the best winter
. . .': John Berryman to William Meredith, 1 February 1970, Berg Collection.

234
‘
I'm just out of 6 wks in hospital
. . .': John Berryman to William Meredith, 18 June 1970, ibid.

235
‘
twice-invited guest
. . .': John Berryman,
Recovery,
p. 7.

236
‘
This is the last drink you will ever take
. . .': ibid., p. 3.

237
‘
sick old lion
. . .': ibid., p. 127.

238
‘
This was hard, very hard
. . .': ibid., p. 167.

238
‘
Maybe it's easier to be a monster
. . .': ibid., p. 188.

238
‘
Alcoholics are rigid
. . .': ibid., p. 138.

239
‘
That's my Middle West
. . .': F. Scott Fitzgerald,
The Great Gatsby
(Penguin, 1966 [1926]), p. 183.

240
‘
But in the morning
. . .': Saul Bellow, introduction to John Berryman,
Recovery,
p. xii-xiv.

241
‘
nearly crucified
. . .':John Berryman, ‘The Art of Poetry No. 16',
Paris Review.

241
‘
Let me be clear about this
. . .': John Berryman, ‘The Facts & Issues',
Col
lected Poems 1937–1971,
p. 263.

242
‘
Of course I am determined
. . .': John Berryman in Eileen Simpson,
Poets in their Youth
, p. 250.

242
‘I
admit I am putting myself
. . .': John Berryman to Mark Van Doren (undated, 1970–71?), Berg Collection.

244
‘
no real warmth shown us
. . .': Ralph Ross, in Paul Mariani,
Dream Song:The Life of John Berryman
(University of Massachusetts Press, 1996), p. 495.

248
‘
1. Did I hear Daddy
. . .': John Berryman to Jill Berryman,
We Dream of Honour: John Berryman's letters to his mother,
p. 376–7.

249
‘
the blue father':
‘Dream Song 70', John Berryman,
The Dream Songs,
p. 77.

249
‘
this dreadful banker':
‘Dream Song 384', ibid., p. 406.

250
‘
New problem
. . .': John Berryman,
Recovery,
p. 192.

251
‘
uncharacteristic
. . .': ibid., pp. 139–40.

251
‘
Missing someone
. . .': Sigmund Freud, in John Bowlby,
Separation:Anxiety and Anger
(Basic Books, 1973), p. 27.

252
‘
In our detailed study
. . .':Vincent Felitti, ‘The Origins of Addiction: Evidence from the Adverse Childhood Experience Study',
Program,
2004, pp. 547–59.

254
‘
Under the table, no
. . .': John Berryman, ‘Dream Song 96',
The Dream Songs
, p. 113.

255
‘
And it's only 18 days
. . .': John Berryman,
We Dream of Honour: John Berryman's letters to his mother
, p. 19.

256
‘
They were alone
. . .': ibid., p. 4.

258
‘
great friend of his
. . .': John Berryman,
Recovery,
p. 238.

259
‘
When he tried to relate
. . .': Betty Peddie, interviewed by Haffenden,
The Life of John Berryman,
p. 374.