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In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets of our literature. Harold Hart Crane was born in Ohio in 1899. He spent much of his life in New York City, where he worked irregularly as a copywriter. "White Buildings", his first collection, appeared in 1926 and his most famous work, "The Bridge", in 1930. A reaction against the pessimism in T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", it is a love song to the myth of America and its optimism encapsulates the excitement and energy of the Jazz Age. Hart Crane committed suicide in 1932. ... Read more

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Wolf interprets Crane's poem in the context of pre-Christian Orphic mythology and demonstrates why critics have been confused when attemptinf to interpret the work in a framework of Christian criticism. ... Read more

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It is difficult to overestimate the impact that his friendship with Waldo Frank had on the life and work of Heart Crane. Crane often sent poems to Frank for advice and feedback, and, according to one of his biographers, the opinion that he "treasured most... was that of Waldo Frank." The best evidence that remains of the relationship between the two men is in their correspondence. However, until now, a completed, unedited version has not been available. Cook provides his readers with an introductory essay, followed by the letters, arranged in historically verifiable sequence and annotated with extensive footnotes and editorial comments. He also provides a complete index, keyed to existing ethical and descriptive bibliographies, making the book a particularly useful reference tool. ... Read more

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Poetry. CAConrad describes ORIZABA: A VOYAGE WITH HART CRANE as "one of the most important literary ventures into Gender Questioning, told through the magic of Hart Crane with the magic hand of Stacy Szymaszek. If this isn't essential reading at the moment then it will be very soon!" ORIZABA was written in 2004 in Milwaukee and revised in Brooklyn in 2007. It appears here with a selection from the serial poem "Hyperglossia" entitled "The Eustace Poems." ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

If you love Crane...
don't read this.Stick to Mariani, Vendler and Brunner.Leibowitz loves Leibowitz loving Leibowitz--really--he writes about himself more than Hart.Oh--and I know, it's not Herb's fault, but--man, there are dozens and dozens of typos. ... Read more