The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
by Stephen Crane
Published by Cornell University Press, 1972
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A definitive scholarly edition that brings together the complete poetic works of Stephen Crane, best known for his novel The Red Badge of Courage. Edited with an authoritative introduction by Joseph Katz, this 1972 Cornell University Press edition presents Crane's innovative and experimental verse, which prefigured modernist poetry with its free verse, compression, and stark imagery. Crane's poems, including "The Black Riders" and "War Is Kind," reveal his philosophical depth and stylistic boldness.
This complete edition is essential for understanding Crane's full literary achievement beyond his prose fiction. Published by Cornell, a leader in American literary scholarship, this volume represents serious academic engagement with an important but sometimes overlooked aspect of Crane's work. A must-have for collectors of American poetry and 19th-century literature.
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