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Contents Acknowledgments vii A Note on Citation ix Introduction: Hart Crane Again 1 PART ONE: READING CRANE 1. How American 17 2. How Queer 39 3. How Modern 71 PART TWO: CRANE WRITING 4. How to Write a Lyric 97 5. How to Write an Epic 126 PART THREE: READING CRANE 6. Paul Blackburn’s Crane 169 7. Frank O’Hara’s Crane 195 8. Bob Kaufman’s Crane 225 Notes 247 Works Cited 271 Index 287 ...

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