The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane

Though he is best known for The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane was also a remarkable poet whose poetry is full of irony and paradox, yet is often gentle and compassionate. This is the definitive edition of his poetry, including all 135 poems, published and unpublished during his lifetime, as well as a substantial introduction by Joseph Katz.According to the preface/introduction, written by Joseph Katz, this book "contains every poem known to have been written by Crane". Verses predominantly from The Black Rider and War is Kind demonstrate the American realist poet's use of irony.