{"product_id":"hart-crane-the-contexts-of-the-bridge-paperback-9780521107006","title":"Hart Crane; The Contexts of \"The Bridge\" (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521107006","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHart Crane\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Contexts of \"The Bridge\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr Giles shows how Crane was directly influenced by the early work of James Joyce.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Giles (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521107006, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen Hart Crane's epic poem The Bridge was published in 1930, it was generally judged a failure. Critics said the poet had unwisely attempted to create a mystical synthesis of modern America out of inadequate materials. Crane himself, who committed suicide in 1932, did little to correct this impression; and although the poet's reputation has fluctuated over the past fifty years, many people still find The Bridge unsatisfactory. In this analysis of Crane's long poem, Paul Giles demonstrates that the author was consciously constructing his Bridge out of a huge number of puns and paradoxes, most of which have never been noticed by Crane's readers. Dr Giles shows how Crane was directly influenced by the early work of James Joyce; how the composition of The Bridge ran parallel to the first serialisation of Finnegans Wake in Paris; and how The Bridge is the first great work of the 'Revolution of the Word' movement, predating the final published version of Finnegans Wake by nine years.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bridge as pun\u003cbr\u003e 2. Relativity\u003cbr\u003e 3. Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Capitalism and the underworld\u003cbr\u003e 5. Burlesque\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bridge as myth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Abstraction and the city\u003cbr\u003e 8. Music\u003cbr\u003e 9. The new machine and the new word\u003cbr\u003e 10. James Joyce\u003cbr\u003e 11. La Révolution Surréaliste\u003cbr\u003e 12. Surrealism and madness\u003cbr\u003e 13. Pscyhoanalysis and homosexuality\u003cbr\u003e 14. Paradox and oxymoron\u003cbr\u003e 15. Alchemy and the Romantic quest\u003cbr\u003e 16. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works cited\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005813117208,"sku":"9780521107006","price":32.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521107006i.jpg?v=1694976109","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hart-crane-the-contexts-of-the-bridge-paperback-9780521107006","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}