"Canonized for being insufficiently American although he took America as his subject, chastised for obscurity by readers who would not allow or would not read h

Focusing on the vexed friendship between Hart Crane and Allen Tate, this book examines twentieth-century American poetry's progress toward institutional sanctio

Contains 13 essays, mostly written by American university-based professors of English, Hispanic language and literature, and women's studies, focusing on a vari

Provides insight into five of Hart Crane's most influential works along with a short biography of the poet.

This set treats the whole of American literature, from the European discovery of America to the present, with entries in alphabetical order. Each of the 350 sub