Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xiii
4. Ι. THE ESCAPE FROM IRONY
5. CHAPTER ONE. Geographies 3
6. CHAPTER TWO. Poetry and the Actual 15
7. CHAPTER THREE. Chaplinesque 45
8. CHAPTER FOUR. “For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen” 80
9. CHAPTER FIVE. The Impenitent Song 120
10. CHAPTER SIX. “Voyages” 148
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Visionary Lyric 180
12. II. THE BRIDGE A GRACE TO OUR HISTORY
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. In the Country of the Blind 219
14. CHAPTER NINE. “Proem” and “Ave Maria”: The Post-Christian Idiom 246
15. CHAPTER TEN. “Powhatan's Daughter” 287
16. CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Road to Quaker Hill 320
17. CHAPTER TWELVE. “The Tunnel” and “Atlantis”: The Rhythm of The Bridge 354
18. III. KEY WEST AND OTHERS
19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Thresholds Old and New 385
20. Index of Crane’s Writings 421
21. General Index 423