The Black Riders and Other Lines is a book of poetry written by American author Stephen Crane (18711900). It was first published in 1895 by Copeland Day. In the winter of 1893, Crane borrowed a suit from John Northern Hilliard and visited the critic and editor William Dean Howells, who introduced Crane to the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Crane was inspired by her writing and, within several months, wrote the beginnings of what became his first book of poetry. One friend recalled that he saw Cranes first attempts at poetry in midFebruary 1894 and Hamlin Garland claimed in a later reminiscence that Crane brought him a pile of manuscripts the next month. Crane told friends that the poems came to him spontaneously and as pictures, saying, "They came, and I wrote them, thats all."The Black Riders and Other Lines was published in May 1895 by Copeland Day and marked Cranes first serious venture into poetry. It was Cranes second published volume, following Maggie A Girl of the Streets (1893) and predating The Red Badge of Courage (1895). Its first printing was a limited run of 500 copies, with a few issued in vellum. The collection contained sixtyeight short poems written in Cranes sparse, unconventional style. The untitled "lines", as Crane referred to them, were differentiated by Roman numerals and written entirely in small capitals. Crane was 23 years old when the book was published. Many of the poems in The Black Riders and Other Lines depict a vengeful God inspired by the Old...

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