Voyages (poem)
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Contained in Hart Crane
's first collection of poems, White Buildings
(1926), 'Voyages' was composed across six years (1921 -1926), with sections published as early as 1923. Containing one of Crane's most famous lyrics, 'Voyages: II,' this love-cycle of six poems was largely fueled by his love affair with Emil Opffer, a Danish merchant mariner.
Hart Crane
-Career:Throughout the early 1920s, small but well-respected literary magazines published some of Crane’s lyrics, gaining him, among the avant-garde, a respect that White Buildings , his first volume, ratified and strengthened...
's first collection of poems, White Buildings
White Buildings
The first collection of poetry by Hart Crane, an American modernist poet critical to both lyrical and language poetic traditions.Featuring 'For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen,' Crane's much-loved love poem, the 'Voyages' series, and some of his most famous lyrics--'My Grandmother's Love...
(1926), 'Voyages' was composed across six years (1921 -1926), with sections published as early as 1923. Containing one of Crane's most famous lyrics, 'Voyages: II,' this love-cycle of six poems was largely fueled by his love affair with Emil Opffer, a Danish merchant mariner.