0 items in cart
|
The Broken Tower: A Life of Hart Craneby Mariani, Paul
Bookseller Information
Bibliographic Details
Book DescriptionW. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Hard Cover. Paul Mariani -- 1st Edition 1st Printing -- FINE/FINE -- copy of The Broken Tower: A Life of Hart Crane. 8vo. 492 pp. Stated First Edition. Quarter-bound in gray board over light gray boards, with silver lettering to the spine. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. An as-new copy in a like pictorial dustwrapper that retains the publisher's price of $35.00 in the upper right of the front flap. "The first biography of Crane to appear in thirty years, 'The Broken Tower' includes major new discoveries about Crane's life that have surfaced since the 1960s, many culled from previously suppressed letters and other manuscripts, as well as new photographs. Most remarkably, Mariani probes Crane's inner demons, promiscuous sexual life, alcoholism, and self-destructive behavior; in so doing he gives us a profound portrait of a complex, haunted, and brilliant life." WHS Published by: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 First edition. Book summaryThis biography of Hart Crane, which draws heavily on his letters, includes frank appraisals of his homosexuality, his relationship with his father, and his last months in Mexico. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999.Media Reviews"A superbly wrought, movingly told biography....It is a compelling story, and Mariani tells it with the kind of insight and psychological acuity worthy of a great Russian novelist." -- Kirkus "What Mariani's useful and interesting new biography shows most clearly is the stir he created around him: the turbulence his poetry caused in the few people who were attentive to it, and the havoc wrought among his friends and lovers....Mariani's book is excellent on Crane's parents....One of [its] very real successes...is that it captures something of the poignancy of Crane's defeated and devoted relationship with his father." -- Adam Phillips, London Review of Books Publisher NotesFew poets have lived as extraordinary and as fascinating a life as Hart Crane, who made his meteoric rise in the late 1920s and then flamed out just as suddenly, killing himself at the age of 32. I The Broken Tower" tells his compelling story. 34 photos. Other Recommended Books
|
Find more booksBooks by Paul L._MarianiMore copies of The Broken Tower Books from Printers Row Fine and Rare Books Save on shipping! Learn how Biblio.com can save you money on shipping! 
|
(US)
