Visionary Company: Hart Crane and Modernist Periodicals

Hart Crane's poetry and reception are examined in this book, which also introduces several lost works and provides a panorama of twentieth-century literary and artistic communities. It explores Crane's close engagement with periodical culture, the periodical contexts in which modernist poetry fused material and aesthetic experimentation, and Crane's important and neglected influence on modern and contemporary poetry.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2024
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

This book delves into the poetry of Hart Crane and his circle within the transnational modernist periodical culture, offering a fresh perspective on his poetry and reception. It unveils several lost works by the poet, including critical prose, reviews, and the poem "Nopal," written in Mexico. By exploring Crane's close engagement with periodical culture, the monograph provides a comprehensive panorama of twentieth-century literary and artistic communities. It highlights forgotten periodicals and their artistic communities, examines the periodical contexts in which modernist poetry merged material and aesthetic experimentation, and sheds light on Crane's significant yet often overlooked influence on modern and contemporary poetry.

Weight: 422g
Dimension: 155 x 232 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474481526