New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. "Hart Crane's life was notoriously turbulent, persistently nonconformist, and tragically short. Born in 1899, Crane became one of the most significant modernist American poets, yet his self-destructive tendencies--violent outbursts, massive drinking binges, and dangerous sexual pursuits--came to a catastrophic conclusion when at only thirty-two he threw himself from the stern of an ocean liner into the Gulf of Mexico. This..... More