{"product_id":"the-bridge-an-annotated-edition-paperback-2","title":"The Bridge: An Annotated Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHart Crane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLawrence Kramer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, with a new preface and clear, reader-friendly annotations that unlock Crane's landmark poem.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hart Crane's \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e is generally agreed to be one of the great long poems of the early twentieth-century, but its obscure allusions and habitual double entendres have made it a difficult poem to digest. Lawrence Kramer's excellent annotated edition, produced with the help of a devoted group of graduate students, thus fills what is a real lacuna. Not only are Kramer's annotations deeply learned and precise; they also display great tact and common sense, refusing to overwhelm us with data or tangential matter. No student of Hart Crane--indeed no lover of Modernist poetry--will want to be without this necessary edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003cb\u003eMarjorie Perloff\u003c\/b\u003e, Stanford University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Under Lawrence Kramer's capacious annotation, \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e expands into its fullest dimensions, becoming historical fantasia, dream-text, combative retort, personal document, national epic, queer libretto, and machine-age homage. Frank O'Hara's claim that Crane's writing is 'better than the movies' is exuberantly realized in Kramer's detailed dramaturgy.\"--\u003cb\u003eEdward Brunner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSplendid Failure: Hart Crane and the Making of The Bridge \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHart Crane's modernist masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e has steadily grown in stature since its 1930 publication. Once dismissed by influential critics as a noble failure, a view that hardened into conventional wisdom, it is now widely regarded as one of the major achievements of twentieth-century American poetry. The poem unites mythology and modernity to reckon with the promises, kept and broken, of American experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e is challenging in the best sense, exacting and ultimately rewarding. Beloved yet often misunderstood, it threads indirect and finely grained allusions through period-specific references to 1920s life that can elude contemporary readers. Crane's elaborate compound metaphors braid disparate sources, making the poem's movement at times hard to track. Its topical and geographic markers call not only for identification but for explanation. Without specialized knowledge, much of it not readily available even online, many passages remain opaque. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil now, there was no single, convenient resource to help readers unlock Crane's vision. This book is that guide. Its detailed, far-reaching annotations make \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e fully accessible, whether you are a scholar, a student, or a devoted reader of poetry.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHart Crane (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hart Crane (1899-1932) was one of the preeminent poets of American modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Kramer (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLawrence Kramer\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of English and Music at Fordham University. He is the author of fifteen books and editor of Walt Whitman's\u003ci\u003e Drum-Taps: The Complete 1865 Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (NYRB, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eLola Ridge's The Ghetto and Other Poems: An Annotated Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Fordham, 2023). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47572649378013,"sku":"9781531513481","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/3tHRAJUsBH9781531513481_d134c4df-8b86-4cd4-ad5a-9fe9b00fc016.webp?v=1773392601","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-bridge-an-annotated-edition-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}