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@article{183612,
        author = {B. Mahima and Dr. Mohan. K},
        title = {Transcending Modernity: Symbolism, Myth, and Desire in Hart Crane’s White Buildings},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {2243-2247},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183612},
        abstract = {A seminal piece of American modernist poetry, Hart Crane's White Buildings (1926) provides a visionary counterpoint to his contemporaries' disjointed sorrow. In order to create a poetic framework that seeks transcendence amid the disappointment of modernity, Crane uses complex symbolism, mythical references, and passionate longing, as this paper examines. In contrast to T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, which focusses on cultural degradation, Crane's writing aims for synthesis by utilising metaphor and synesthetic imagery to produce a language of exaltation and oneness. The article also explores Crane's musicality and linguistic innovation, showing how his poetic rhythms support his themes of spiritual desire and transcendence. This research places Crane as a poet who reimagines the possibilities of language by placing White Buildings inside the larger modernist environment, providing a poetic response to modernist isolation. In the end, this study argues that Crane's poetic vision which is based on the combination of myth, desire, and sound offers a singularly positive reaction to the uncertainties of the contemporary world.},
        keywords = {Modernist poetry, Musicality in Poetry, desire in literature, Myth and Classical Allusion},
        month = {August},
        }