Fourteen of Walker Evans's evocative photographs of Brooklyn Bridge, most of which have never been published, appear in this edition of Alan Trachenberg's "Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol. In the new afterword Trachenberg explores the history of Hart Crane's "The Bridge, especially the poem's integral relationship with the powerful photography of Evans. "[Brooklyn Bridge] is familiar in so many movies, in so many stage sets and, as Mr. Trachtenberg...

Including essays by some of this century's most prestigious literary critics -- Allen Tate, Yvor Winters, William Carlos Williams, R. P. Blackmur, R. W. B. Lewis, and Harold Bloom, among others -- this collection provides a thorough and telling introduction to Crane and his works, especially his collections of lyrical poetry, The Bridge and White Buildings. The volume is edited by Allen Trachtenberg, who has written extensively on Crane and his Whitman-like...

Two hundred black and white photographs from the New York Times photo archives chronicle the 1950s in all its aspects. The book coincides with an exhibition visiting ten sites between 2002 and 2004.

Photographs by a team of photographers who traveled across the United States documenting America's experience of the Great Depression and World War II.