Frontmatter Contents Preface Acknowledgments I. JANUS-FACED MODERNISM One. Toward the Institute of Literary Autonomy and Tradition II. TATE: THE RIGHT KIND OF MODERNISM Two. The Realism of The Waste Land Three. Genius and the Rational Order of Criticism Four. The Burial of the Confederate Dead Coda. "Mrs. Tate's" Tombstone III. CRANE: MODERNISM IN REVERSE Five. A Resurrection of Some Kind Six. Dice of Drowned Men's Bones Seven. The Floating Singer of The Bridge Coda. Unanswered Questions IV. BEYOND MODERNISM Eight. Robert Lowell's Breakdown Notes Works Cited Index