Hart Crane

✍ Scribed by Bloom, Harold;Loos, Pamela

• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 154
• Series: Bloom's Major Poets;Bloom's Modern Critical Views
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Each Volume, Covering Three To Six Poems, Includes: - User's guide- Editor's note and introduction by Harold Bloom- A comprehensive biography of the poet- Detailed thematic analysis of each poem- Extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each poem- A complete bibliography of the writer's poetic works- A list of critical works about the poet and his works- An index of themes and ideas in the author's work

✦ Table of Contents

Biography of Hart Crane --
Critical Analysis of "Voyages" --
Critical View on "Voyages" --
Joseph Warren Beach on the Influence of Moby Dick on Crane --
Sidney Richman on Understanding "Voyages II" --
Evelyn J Hinz on Critcis' Misreadings of "Voyages" --
John T. Irwin Explores Crane's Use of Metaphors --
Paul Ramsey on Spirituality in "Voyages VI" --
Celeste M. Schenck Compares Works of Whitman and Crane --
William Empson, Bernard Heringman, and John Unterecker on "Voyages III" --
Critical Analysis of "Repose of Rivers" --
Critical Views of "Repose of Rivers" --
Samuel Hazo on Crane's Lyrical Transcendence --
R.W.B. Lewis on Crane's Disconsolate Perspective of His Career --
M.D. Uroff on "Repose of Rivers" as a Poem of Escape --
Robert Combs Views Crane's Poem in the Romantic Tradition --
Alfred Hanley on How a Vision Grows Out of Childhood Memories --
Thomas E. Yingling on Homosexuality in the Poem --
Critical Analysis of "Proem: To Brooklyn Bridge" --
Critical Reviews on "Proem: To Brooklyn Bridge" --
R.P. Blackmur Calls Crane a Great Failure --
Hyatt Howe Waggoner on Crane's Achievement --
Joseph J. Arpad on Crane's Interpretation of the Platonic Myth --
Herbert A. Leibowitz Explains Crane's Mosaic Structure of Imagery --
Richard P. Sugg on Crane's Presentation of the Imaginative Process --
Helge Normann Nilsen on Crane's View of the Search for Revelation --
Gert Buelens on Poets' Views of the City Over Time --
Critical Analysis of "The Tunnel" --
Critical View on "The Tunnel" --
Allen Tate on the "Intensity of Sensation" --
Lawrence Dembo on the Poet's Quest for Revelation --
Bernice Slote on the Power of Crane's Mutating Imagery --
Brom Weber on the Lack of Hope in "The Tunnel" --
Thomas A. Vogler on the Poet's Continual Quest for Vision --
George S. Lensing Compares "The Tunnel" to "The Waste Land" --
Critical Analysis of "The Broken Tower" --
Critical Views on "The Broken Tower" --
Marius Bewley on Crane's Understanding of His Limitations --
Henry Braun on Getting Beyond the Poem's Obscurities --
George A. Knox on Crane's Commentary on the Visionary Quest --
M D. Uroff Reveals Crane's Proclamation of Victory in the Poem --
Lee Edelman Sees Crane Dismissing a Transcendent Vision --
Alan Williamson Illustrates Crane's Altered Perspective on Love --
Works by Hart Crane --
Works About Hart Crane.