A note on spelling and punctuation Chronology 1. Introductory 2. Beginnings: boyhood and father’s suicide 3. A monkey among kings, 1927-32 4. Scapegrace and spirited student, 1932-36 5. Distinction and first fiancée, 1936-39 6. First teaching and another loss, 1939-40 7. Harvard and marriage, 1940-43 8. Princeton and the pains of scholarship, 1943-46 9. Art and adultery, 1947 10. Work and shame, 1948-51 11. Transitions, 1952-54 12. Minneapolis and second marriage, 1954-57 13. Breaking-points, 1958-59 14. Third marriage, 1960-62 15. Triumphs and trials, 1962-66 16. The sick and brilliant public man, 1966-69 17. Drink as disease, 1969-70 18. Precarious recovery, 1970-71 19. Last months, 1971-72 Appendix: A famous forebear: Robert Glenn Shaver Selected bibliography Acknowledgements and notes on sources Index of works by Berryman General index
Biography
John Haffenden
