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One of the leading critics of our time, R.W.B. Lewis, charts the career of Hart Crane's imagination-of his vision, his rhetoric, and his craft. Crane, who has heretofore been assigned a relatively minor place in American letters, emerges from this rich, dense book as one of the finest poets in our language. Mr. Lewis traces the development of the t



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*CHAPTER ONE. Geographies, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. Poetry and the Actual, pg. 15*CHAPTER THREE. Chaplinesque, pg. 45*CHAPTER FOUR. "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen", pg. 80*CHAPTER FIVE. The Impenitent Song, pg. 120*CHAPTER SIX. "Voyages", pg. 148*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Visionary Lyric, pg. 180*CHAPTER EIGHT. In the Country of the Blind, pg. 219*CHAPTER NINE. "Proem" and "Ave Maria": The Post-Christian Idiom, pg. 246*CHAPTER TEN. "Powhatan's Daughter", pg. 287*CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Road to Quaker Hill, pg. 320*CHAPTER TWELVE. "The Tunnel" and "Atlantis": The Rhythm of The Bridge, pg. 354*CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Thresholds Old and New, pg. 385*Index of Crane's Writings, pg. 421*General Index, pg. 423

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691623009, 978-0691623009
      ISBN10: 0691623007
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      One of the leading critics of our time, R.W.B. Lewis, charts the career of Hart Crane's imagination-of his vision, his rhetoric, and his craft. Crane, who has heretofore been assigned a relatively minor place in American letters, emerges from this rich, dense book as one of the finest poets in our language. Mr. Lewis traces the development of the t



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*CHAPTER ONE. Geographies, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. Poetry and the Actual, pg. 15*CHAPTER THREE. Chaplinesque, pg. 45*CHAPTER FOUR. "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen", pg. 80*CHAPTER FIVE. The Impenitent Song, pg. 120*CHAPTER SIX. "Voyages", pg. 148*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Visionary Lyric, pg. 180*CHAPTER EIGHT. In the Country of the Blind, pg. 219*CHAPTER NINE. "Proem" and "Ave Maria": The Post-Christian Idiom, pg. 246*CHAPTER TEN. "Powhatan's Daughter", pg. 287*CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Road to Quaker Hill, pg. 320*CHAPTER TWELVE. "The Tunnel" and "Atlantis": The Rhythm of The Bridge, pg. 354*CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Thresholds Old and New, pg. 385*Index of Crane's Writings, pg. 421*General Index, pg. 423

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