| | 1 | Author: | Crane review: Anonymous | Add | | | Title: | Stephen Crane: A "Wonderful Boy."  | | | | Published: | 1996 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | THE death of Mr. Stephen Crane, while yet barely thirty, is widely
regarded as a serious loss to American literature, one which it can
ill afford. Mr. Crane, who had for some time past resided in
Surrey, England, had been critically ill for some months previous
to his death and had lately been taken to Baden to obtain the
benefit of the waters. His best known works are: "Maggie: A Girl
of the Streets"; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "The Little
Regiment"'; "The Black Riders"; "War Is Kind"; "The Open Boat";
"The Third Violet"; "George's Mother"; and "Active Service."
The Late Stephen Crane.
Newspaper photo. Portrait of Stephen Crane.
Photographer unknown.
In three somewhat widely separated lines of fiction—stories of
slum-life (especially of the demi-monde), war stories, and tales about
boy-life—Mr. Crane attained notable success. By many critics it
is doubted whether any one has ever got nearer the spirit of the
boy of today than has Stephen Crane in these latter tales, altho'
his fame has been founded more upon his stories of low-life and of
war. Whether his fame would ever have reached a higher level is
open to doubt, and perhaps critical opinion largely leans to the
judgment that his artistic attainment would never have been able to
go beyond the extremely clever but impressionistic word-painting of
the work already produced by him. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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