Stephen Crane
Maggie, a Girl of the Streets:
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( Feb. 5, 2020)
The story centers on Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risqué by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. Crane – who was 22 years old at the time – financed the book's publication himself, although the original 1893 edition was printed under the pseudonym Johnston Smith.
Regarded as the first work of unalloyed naturalism in American fiction.
The story of Maggie Johnson a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution.
AboutCrane:
StephenCrane(November1,1871–June5,1900)wasanAmerican novelist,shortstorywriter,poetandjournalist.Prolificthroughouthisshort life,hewrotenotableworksintheRealisttraditionaswellasearlyexamples ofAmericanNaturalismandImpressionism.Heisrecognizedbymodern criticsasoneofthemostinnovativewritersofhisgeneration.Theeighth survivingchildofhighlydevoutparents,CranewasraisedinseveralNew JerseytownsandPortJervis,NewYork.Hebeganwritingattheageof4and hadpublishedseveralarticlesbytheageof16.Havinglittleinterestin universitystudies,heleftschoolin1891andbeganworkasareporterand writer.Crane’sfirstnovelwasthe1893BowerytaleMaggie:AGirlofthe Streets,whichcriticsgenerallyconsiderthefirstworkofAmericanliterary Naturalism.Hewoninternationalacclaimforhis1895CivilWarnovelThe RedBadgeofCourage,whichhewrotewithoutanybattleexperience.In 1896,Craneenduredahighlypublicizedscandalafteractingasawitnessfor asuspectedprostitute.Latethatyearheacceptedanoffertocoverthe Spanish-AmericanWarasawarcorrespondent.AshewaitedinJacksonville, FloridaforpassagetoCuba,hemetCoraTaylor,themadamofabrothelwith whomhewouldhavealastingrelationship.WhileenroutetoCuba,Crane’s shipsankoffthecoastofFlorida,leavinghimmaroonedforseveraldaysina smalldinghy.Hisordealwaslaterdescribedinhiswell-knownshortstory, “TheOpenBoat”.Duringthefinalyearsofhislife,hecoveredconflictsin GreeceandCuba,andlivedinEnglandwithCora,wherehebefriended writerssuchasJosephConradandH.G.Wells.Plaguedbyfinancial difficultiesandillhealth,CranediedoftuberculosisinaBlackForest sanatoriumattheageof28.Atthetimeofhisdeath,Cranehadbecomean importantfigureinAmericanliterature.Hewasnearlyforgotten,however, untiltwodecadeslaterwhencriticsrevivedinterestinhislifeandwork. Stylistically,Crane’swritingischaracterizedbydescriptivevividnessand intensity,aswellasdistinctivedialectsandirony.Commonthemesinvolve fear,spiritualcrisisandsocialisolation.Althoughrecognizedprimarilyfor TheRedBadgeofCourage,whichhasbecomeanAmericanclassic,Craneis alsoknownforhisunconventionalpoetryandheraldedforshortstoriessuch as“TheOpenBoat”,“TheBlueHotel”,“TheMonster”and“TheBride ComestoYellowSky”.Hiswritingmadeadeepimpressionon20thcentury writers,mostprominentamongthemErnestHemingway,andisthoughtto haveinspiredtheModernistsandtheImagists.
Regarded as the first work of unalloyed naturalism in American fiction.
The story of Maggie Johnson a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution.
AboutCrane:
StephenCrane(November1,1871–June5,1900)wasanAmerican novelist,shortstorywriter,poetandjournalist.Prolificthroughouthisshort life,hewrotenotableworksintheRealisttraditionaswellasearlyexamples ofAmericanNaturalismandImpressionism.Heisrecognizedbymodern criticsasoneofthemostinnovativewritersofhisgeneration.Theeighth survivingchildofhighlydevoutparents,CranewasraisedinseveralNew JerseytownsandPortJervis,NewYork.Hebeganwritingattheageof4and hadpublishedseveralarticlesbytheageof16.Havinglittleinterestin universitystudies,heleftschoolin1891andbeganworkasareporterand writer.Crane’sfirstnovelwasthe1893BowerytaleMaggie:AGirlofthe Streets,whichcriticsgenerallyconsiderthefirstworkofAmericanliterary Naturalism.Hewoninternationalacclaimforhis1895CivilWarnovelThe RedBadgeofCourage,whichhewrotewithoutanybattleexperience.In 1896,Craneenduredahighlypublicizedscandalafteractingasawitnessfor asuspectedprostitute.Latethatyearheacceptedanoffertocoverthe Spanish-AmericanWarasawarcorrespondent.AshewaitedinJacksonville, FloridaforpassagetoCuba,hemetCoraTaylor,themadamofabrothelwith whomhewouldhavealastingrelationship.WhileenroutetoCuba,Crane’s shipsankoffthecoastofFlorida,leavinghimmaroonedforseveraldaysina smalldinghy.Hisordealwaslaterdescribedinhiswell-knownshortstory, “TheOpenBoat”.Duringthefinalyearsofhislife,hecoveredconflictsin GreeceandCuba,andlivedinEnglandwithCora,wherehebefriended writerssuchasJosephConradandH.G.Wells.Plaguedbyfinancial difficultiesandillhealth,CranediedoftuberculosisinaBlackForest sanatoriumattheageof28.Atthetimeofhisdeath,Cranehadbecomean importantfigureinAmericanliterature.Hewasnearlyforgotten,however, untiltwodecadeslaterwhencriticsrevivedinterestinhislifeandwork. Stylistically,Crane’swritingischaracterizedbydescriptivevividnessand intensity,aswellasdistinctivedialectsandirony.Commonthemesinvolve fear,spiritualcrisisandsocialisolation.Althoughrecognizedprimarilyfor TheRedBadgeofCourage,whichhasbecomeanAmericanclassic,Craneis alsoknownforhisunconventionalpoetryandheraldedforshortstoriessuch as“TheOpenBoat”,“TheBlueHotel”,“TheMonster”and“TheBride ComestoYellowSky”.Hiswritingmadeadeepimpressionon20thcentury writers,mostprominentamongthemErnestHemingway,andisthoughtto haveinspiredtheModernistsandtheImagists.
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