Hart Crane
One of America’s greatest poets, Hart Crane produced and published a spellbinding body of work before his death in 1932. His seminal collection White Buildings (1926) and his highly ambitious epic poem The Bridge (1930), written as a riposte to T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, are essential parts of the American canon. Crane’s poetry has often been seen as dense and difficult, but it is one of the most rewarding oeuvres ever achieved when an investment is made in his poetics and intense compositions – very few poets pack as much meaning into a line or phrase as Crane. This study takes a critical and analytical look at key poems from both of the books Crane published in his lifetime, as well as assessing how his tumultuous life influenced his profound and deep-meaning poetry, but puts his work first, as his tragic early death has often overshadowed his great lyrical ability and accomplishments.
About the author
Neil Root was born in London in 1971. He writes true crime, literary criticism and fiction. He is also a journalist and writes feature and news articles for national newspapers, magazines and websites and is a documentary contributor. Two of his books have been longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. His first novel Shadowside was published in March 2023. For Greenwich Exchange he has also written critical studies of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, James Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Covering Darkness: Writing True Crime, a critical guide and primer for that genre.
No of Pages: 85
ISBN: 9781910996799
One of America’s greatest poets, Hart Crane produced and published a spellbinding body of work before his death in 1932. His seminal collection White Buildings (1926) and his highly ambitious epic poem The Bridge (1930), written as a riposte to T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, are essential parts of the American canon. Crane’s poetry has often been seen as dense and difficult, but it is one of the most rewarding oeuvres ever achieved when an investment is made in his poetics and intense compositions – very few poets pack as much meaning into a line or phrase as Crane. This study takes a critical and analytical look at key poems from both of the books Crane published in his lifetime, as well as assessing how his tumultuous life influenced his profound and deep-meaning poetry, but puts his work first, as his tragic early death has often overshadowed his great lyrical ability and accomplishments.
About the author
Neil Root was born in London in 1971. He writes true crime, literary criticism and fiction. He is also a journalist and writes feature and news articles for national newspapers, magazines and websites and is a documentary contributor. Two of his books have been longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. His first novel Shadowside was published in March 2023. For Greenwich Exchange he has also written critical studies of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, James Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Covering Darkness: Writing True Crime, a critical guide and primer for that genre.
No of Pages: 85
ISBN: 9781910996799
One of America’s greatest poets, Hart Crane produced and published a spellbinding body of work before his death in 1932. His seminal collection White Buildings (1926) and his highly ambitious epic poem The Bridge (1930), written as a riposte to T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, are essential parts of the American canon. Crane’s poetry has often been seen as dense and difficult, but it is one of the most rewarding oeuvres ever achieved when an investment is made in his poetics and intense compositions – very few poets pack as much meaning into a line or phrase as Crane. This study takes a critical and analytical look at key poems from both of the books Crane published in his lifetime, as well as assessing how his tumultuous life influenced his profound and deep-meaning poetry, but puts his work first, as his tragic early death has often overshadowed his great lyrical ability and accomplishments.
About the author
Neil Root was born in London in 1971. He writes true crime, literary criticism and fiction. He is also a journalist and writes feature and news articles for national newspapers, magazines and websites and is a documentary contributor. Two of his books have been longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. His first novel Shadowside was published in March 2023. For Greenwich Exchange he has also written critical studies of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, James Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Covering Darkness: Writing True Crime, a critical guide and primer for that genre.
No of Pages: 85
ISBN: 9781910996799