Taking as its starting point Delmore Schwartz's self-appointment as both a 'poet of the Hudson River' and 'laureate of the Atlantic,' this book comprehensively reassesses the poetic achievement of a critically neglected writer. Runchman reads Schwartz's poetry in relation to its national and international perspectives.

Taking as its starting point Delmore Schwartz''s self-appointment as both a ''poet of the Hudson River'' and ''laureate of the Atlantic,'' this book comprehensively reassesses the poetic achievement of a critically neglected writer. Runchman reads Schwartz''s poetry in relation to its national and international perspectives.

Taking as its starting point Delmore Schwartz's self-appointment as both a 'poet of the Hudson River' and 'laureate of the Atlantic,' this book comprehensively reassesses the poetic achievement of a critically neglected writer. Runchman reads Schwartz's poetry in relation to its national and international perspectives.

Taking as its starting point Delmore Schwartz''s self-appointment as both a ''poet of the Hudson River'' and ''laureate of the Atlantic,'' this book comprehensively reassesses the poetic achievement of a critically neglected writer. Runchman reads Schwartz''s poetry in relation to its national and international perspectives.