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Hart Crane’s modernist masterpiece The Bridge has steadily grown in stature since its 1930 publication. Once dismissed by influential critics as a noble failure, a view that hardened into conventional wisdom, it is now widely regarded as one of the major achievements of twentieth-century American poetry. The poem unites mythology and modernity to reckon with the promises, kept and broken, of American experience. The Bridge is challenging in the best sense, exacting and ultimately rewarding. Beloved yet often misunderstood, it threads indirect and finely grained allusions through period-specific references to 1920s life that can elude contemporary readers. Crane’s elaborate compound metaphors braid disparate sources, making the poem’s movement at times hard to track. Its topical and geographic markers call not only for identification but for explanation. Without specialized knowledge, much of it not readily available even online, many passages remain opaque. Until now, there was no single, convenient resource to help readers unlock Crane’s vision. This book is that guide. Its detailed, far-reaching annotations make The Bridge fully accessible, whether you are a scholar, a student, or a devoted reader of poetry.
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Hart Crane (Author) Hart Crane (1899-1932) was one of the preeminent poets of American modernism.
Lawrence Kramer (Edited By) Lawrence Kramer is Distinguished Professor of English and Music at Fordham University. He is the author of fifteen books and editor of Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps: The Complete 1865 Edition (NYRB, 2015) and Lola Ridge’s The Ghetto and Other Poems: An Annotated Edition (Fordham, 2023).
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