The Complete Novels & Novellas of Stephen Crane by Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane's The Complete Novels & Novellas of Stephen Crane presents a comprehensive collection of his profound narrative works that reflect the tumult of the late 19th century. Infused with naturalism and impressionism, Crane's writing style is characterized by striking imagery and a terse, economical prose that captures the complexities of human experience against social and environmental landscapes. This collection features notable works such as The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, each revealing the grim realities of war, urban life, and moral ambiguity, providing a poignant commentary on the human condition. Born into a family of civil war-era influences and a writer by instinct, Crane's experiences as a war correspondent during the Spanish-American War deeply informed his portrayals of conflict and loss. His passionate engagement with societal issues and his commitment to portraying the truth of human existence were shaped by his tumultuous life and the literary movements of his time, including realism and modernism. This collection is essential for readers who seek to grasp the foundational narratives of American literature. Crane's keen insights into human struggle and societal disillusionment continue to resonate, making this anthology not only a vital scholarly resource but also a compelling read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of life through the lens of one of America's most formidable writers.
STEPHEN CRANE was born, the fourteenth child of a Methodist minister, in Newark, New Jersey, on November 1, 1871. Writ-ing was an occupation encouraged in Crane's family; two of his brothers became newspapermen. Crane himself began turning out stories at the age of eight. In 1890, following the deaths of both parents, Crane moved to New York City where, to support himself, he worked as a freelance newspaper writer. His first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, which Crane had begun at college, was published pseudonymously in 1893, when he was only twenty-one (Crane had had to borrow money from his brother to pay for its initial printing). Reviewers at the time found Maggie, a penetrating look at New York slum life, too cruel, and the book sold poorly. Crane's first literary success came in 1895 with The Red Badge of Courage.
Crane's travels and experiences during the later 1890s as a war correspondent -- he was sent to the combat areas of Mex-ico, Greece, and Cuba -- furnished rich material for other sto-ries, including The Open Boat (based partly on Crane's own experience of shipwreck off the coast of Florida) and The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, whose blend of realism and romanticism earned the praise of William Dean Howells, Theodore Dreiser, and other American realists. Crane also published two volumes of poetry, The Black Rider and Other Lines (1895) and War Is Kind (1899), which dramatized his rebellion against New England Calvinism and conservative evangelical Christianity. Spumed or ignored by the critics of his own country, Crane traveled with his wife-to--be to England, where The Red Badge of Courage was greatly admired, and where he made the acquaintance of such literary giants as Henry James (another American emigre) and Joseph Conrad. Crane's adventuresome and roving lifestyle seriously under-mined his health; after fruitless efforts to obtain a cure, he died of tuberculosis in Badenweiler, Germany, on June 5, 1900, at the age of twenty-eight. Stephen Crane published other novels and several vol-umes of short stories, including George's Mother (1896), The Third Violet (1897), The Monster and Other Stories (1899), and Whilomville Stories (1900).
Crane's travels and experiences during the later 1890s as a war correspondent -- he was sent to the combat areas of Mex-ico, Greece, and Cuba -- furnished rich material for other sto-ries, including The Open Boat (based partly on Crane's own experience of shipwreck off the coast of Florida) and The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, whose blend of realism and romanticism earned the praise of William Dean Howells, Theodore Dreiser, and other American realists. Crane also published two volumes of poetry, The Black Rider and Other Lines (1895) and War Is Kind (1899), which dramatized his rebellion against New England Calvinism and conservative evangelical Christianity. Spumed or ignored by the critics of his own country, Crane traveled with his wife-to--be to England, where The Red Badge of Courage was greatly admired, and where he made the acquaintance of such literary giants as Henry James (another American emigre) and Joseph Conrad. Crane's adventuresome and roving lifestyle seriously under-mined his health; after fruitless efforts to obtain a cure, he died of tuberculosis in Badenweiler, Germany, on June 5, 1900, at the age of twenty-eight. Stephen Crane published other novels and several vol-umes of short stories, including George's Mother (1896), The Third Violet (1897), The Monster and Other Stories (1899), and Whilomville Stories (1900).
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| ISBN 13 | 9788027341764 |
| ISBN 10 | 8027341760 |
| Title | The Complete Novels & Novellas of Stephen Crane |
| Author | Stephen Crane |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | e-artnow |
| Year published | 2021-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 548 |
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