ambitious long poem The Bridge

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Ambitious long poem The Bridge is Hart Crane’s modernist epic that reimagines American history and experience through the symbolic central image of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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instanceOf epic poem ⓘ
long poem ⓘ
modernist poem ⓘ
aimedTo create affirmative modern epic of America ⓘ
author Hart Crane ⓘ
centralSymbol Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
containsSection Atlantis ⓘ
Ave Maria ⓘ
Cape Hatteras ⓘ
Cutty Sark ⓘ
Proem: To Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
Quaker Hill ⓘ
The Tunnel ⓘ
Three Songs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception mixed on initial publication ⓘ
dedicatedTo Hart Crane’s mother ⓘ
form lyric sequence ⓘ
genre American epic ⓘ
hasTheme American identity ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
myth and history ⓘ
reconciliation of past and present ⓘ
spiritual quest ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
influencedBy T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land ⓘ
linked to: The Waste Land

Walt Whitman ⓘ
inspiredBy Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
meter variable meter ⓘ
narrativeMode lyric and visionary ⓘ
notableFor ambitious scope ⓘ
central architectural symbol as organizing device ⓘ
mythic reimagining of American history ⓘ
periodOfComposition late 1920s ⓘ
publicationYear 1930 ⓘ
publisher Black Sun Press ⓘ
responseTo The Waste Land ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
structure sequence of interlinked poems ⓘ
style complex symbolism ⓘ
dense imagery ⓘ
innovative syntax ⓘ
subjectMatter American experience ⓘ
American history ⓘ
symbolizes modern American civilization ⓘ
spiritual transcendence ⓘ
technological progress ⓘ

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