Stephen Crane

Donald Vanouse (SUNY, Oswego)
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When he was twenty-four years old, Stephen Crane achieved international fame as the author of

The Red Badge of Courage

(1895), a novel about the Civil War in the United States. Earlier, Crane had published a slum novel,

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

(1893), and he was to publish several other novels and novellas, including “George's Mother”(1895) and “The Monster” (1899). In addition, Crane was prolific as a journalist in New York City, a travel writer in the American West and Mexico as well as in Europe, a story writer, and a war correspondent. He also published two volumes of daring, free-verse poetry,

The Black Riders and Other Lines

(1895) and

War is Kind

(1899). His works have had a popular success with a wide range of readers, and his styles and subject matter have…

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Citation: Vanouse, Donald. "Stephen Crane". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 April 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1060, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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