tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649330945127350139.post2686308325607069252..comments2024-03-21T00:16:40.992-07:00Comments on Larry Buttrose: THE RISE AND FALL OF HART CRANELarry Buttrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547951540936488599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649330945127350139.post-44307189098836325662010-09-26T19:56:51.374-07:002010-09-26T19:56:51.374-07:00That's a very sad story, Jen. And Virginia, th...That's a very sad story, Jen. And Virginia, thanks for all that extra information, and I'm sure you must treasure that edition.Larry Buttrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09135699892627973513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649330945127350139.post-60728176921219231542010-09-22T20:36:54.645-07:002010-09-22T20:36:54.645-07:00Very interesting and sobering to read, thanks. My ...Very interesting and sobering to read, thanks. My stepfather's mother diappeared off an ocean liner in similar circumstances when he was a baby, although as far as he knew no-one saw her fall.Jen Jewel Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18087943319250381959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649330945127350139.post-21469244141083857302010-09-20T07:15:10.154-07:002010-09-20T07:15:10.154-07:00How lovely to see a post about this wonderful poet...How lovely to see a post about this wonderful poet on your blog, Larry. As someone who wrote her dissertation on Crane's use of the Brooklyn Bridge in his writing, I have no doubt that his epic poem took its literal reference from the Brooklyn Bridge. He was fascinated by the structure and saw it as a figure of the American technological sublime. In his letters Crane referred to the bridge as "a symbol of all such writing" as he was attempting to do; and for a long time he rented an apartment in Brooklyn Heights because it had a terrific view of the bridge (it was the same apartment from which John Roebling Jnr completed supervising the construction of the bridge through a telescope, after he got the dreaded "bends"). Every US edition of The Bridge published in Crane's lifetime featured photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge by the great Walker Evans, constituting the photographer's first published works. I am lucky enough to own an original first US edition. The poem is about many things, but the Brooklyn Bridge is its alpha and omega.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912393100124759101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649330945127350139.post-34017186322171497652010-09-20T06:18:37.053-07:002010-09-20T06:18:37.053-07:00Very interesting. I didn't know any of that. P...Very interesting. I didn't know any of that. Poor Hart, indeed.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5649330945127350139.post-75496479459139487612010-09-20T01:50:20.545-07:002010-09-20T01:50:20.545-07:00Thanks Larry..that was an interesting read , a goo...Thanks Larry..that was an interesting read , a good distraction. Poor Hart.Julie Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573228756420100507noreply@blogger.com