Stephen Crane, complete poems / edited by Christopher Benfey.

Stephen Crane, complete poems / edited by Christopher Benfey.

Poems

First printing.

9781598530933
1598530933

[New York] : The Library of America, 2011.

English

xxviii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

PS1449.C85 2011

"In tones alternately sardonic and rueful, Stephen Crane's poems, although small in scale, address immense problems of cosmic justice and the purpose of human life. They are not quite like anything else in American poetry: uncompromisingly harsh, gnomic, deliberately anti-poetic, and shot through with unforgettable phrases and perceptions. Christopher Benfey's edition collects all Crane's poems and provides an introduction illuminating their biographical and cultural context"--Publisher description, p. [4] of dust jacket.

"In tones alternately sardonic and rueful, Stephen Crane's poems, although small in scale, address immense problems of cosmic justice and the purpose of human life. They are not quite like anything else in American poetry: uncompromisingly harsh, gnomic, deliberately anti-poetic, and shot through with unforgettable phrases and perceptions. Christopher Benfey's edition collects all Crane's poems and provides an introduction illuminating their biographical and cultural context"--Publisher description, p. [4] of dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

American poets project ; 31.

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