Stephen Crane
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With two parts and seventeen stories, Stephen Crane's The Open Boat and Other Stories is an eclectic collection that stuns with its use of naturalism and angst. In the first part, titled Minor Conflicts, Crane shares eight works of short fiction. Among these is The Bride Comes to the Yellow Sky, a tense drama that explores themes of change with the portrayal of a Texas marshal who is saved from gunfight by his bride. Death and the Child follows a...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"In his brief but productive lifetime, Stephen Crane (1871 -- 1900) wrote vividly and sensitively about a variety of subjects. In his work he displayed a rare ability to combine astute characterization, colorful settings, and an ironic tone in memorable tales offering perceptive explorations of human psychology and motivation. He is perhaps famous as author of The Red Badge of Courage , the quintessential Civil War classic. However, Crane wrote seven...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A unique stylist and one of the most innovative and talented writers of his generation, Stephen Crane (1871-1900) won lasting fame as a novelist ( The Red Badge of Courage, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets ) and short story writer. Described by William Dean Howells as a writer whose genius seemed to "spring to life fully armed," Crane also produced impressive free-form verse. This excellent anthology contains nearly all of Crane's verse, including two...
Series
Publisher
Akashic Books (Ignition)
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"This anthology spans more than a century of noir fiction set in the heart of the Big Apple--"17 sure winners" from Edith Wharton, Donald Westlake, and more ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). The island of Manhattan has been a breeding ground of crime, longing, and discontent since its earliest days as a city--and a natural setting for noir fiction since the genre was invented. And from Harlem to Greenwich Village to Wall Street, it has also...