Dec 23, 2009

The Bridge | The Bridge

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Author: Hart Crane
First Published: 1930
Type of Work: Long poem
Genres: Poetry, Epic, Lyric sequence
Subjects: History, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mythology or myths, New York City, American Dream, Native Americans or American Indians, Birds, Democracy, Frontier or pioneer life, Exploration or explorers, Bridges, Modernism
Locales: New York, NY, North Carolina, Midwest (U.S.), New England

The book-length poem The Bridge far surpasses in scope anything else Crane attempted. In “For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen,” he had indicated how the energies of ancient mythic symbols still exist in modern times. In this larger work, he attempts to explain how primary American myths are embedded in current consciousness and, further, how these myths are basically emancipatory, pointing the United States to a future of ethnic harmony and a valuing of artistic achievement.

One thing that spurred Crane to the creation of this work was his reading of Eliot's The...

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The Bridge | The Bridge

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