HART CRANE
Scope|Circulating Books|Overview Sources|Periodicals,
Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites
Scope: Hart Crane was an
American poet who moved from his Midwest roots of Ohio
to New York City, the mainstream of literary life in the
1920’s. Crane lived a rather provocative lifestyle with
homosexual tendencies, scandal, alcoholism, and suicide
attempts. Nevertheless, this lifestyle did not distract
him from producing some of the finest collections of
poetry. “ The Bridge,” a poem comprised of twelve
hundred lines was considered his masterpiece. Crane was
considered to be both a modern and lyric poet. Several
religious and mythological symbols were embodied in his
works. The aim of his poetry was to “ portray the
effects of modern life on people’s sensibilities.” (Magill,
Critical Survey of Poetry)
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Some representative books from the circulating
collection located upstairs in the Baddour Library are:
Berthoff, Warner.
Hart Crane, a Re-Introduction. Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota Press, 1989.
Tate, Allen.
Six American Poets from Emily Dickinson to the Present:
An Introduction. Minneapolis: University of
Minnesota Press, 1971.
There are sources located in the Reference Section of
the Baddour Library that give a general overview or
summary of the topic you are researching. The following
is a list of some of the sources available in the
library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
PS 303.C64 1993 The Columbia History of American Poetry
PR 502.C85 1992 Critical
Survey of Poetry
PS 21.D5 Vol. 4
Dictionary of Literary Biography, American Writers in
Paris, 1920-1939
PS 21.E537 2004 The
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the links for a
list of full text journals available through our
databases in:
WEB SITES
Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Covers the major internet resources in the field,
including authors, movements, and collections of
electronic literary texts. Essential to researchers in
English or American literature.
Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu
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Research GuideUpdated
02/08/2007
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