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[Up] [Dromo's Den] Stephen Crane Biography CRANE,
Stephen (1870-1900). An American journalist and novelist, born at Newark, N.
J. He was educated at Lafayette College and Syracuse University; began active
life as a reporter and newspaper writer; was correspondent for the New York Journal
in the Greco-Turkish War (1897) and in Cuba, and then removed to England. His
first essay in fiction was a story of slum life, Maggie, a Girl of the Streets (1891). This was followed by a
collection of verses, The Black Riders and
Other Lines (1895). The Red Badge of
Courage (1896), a realistic though imaginary presentation of horrors in the
Civil War, brought him deserved reputation. Less significant are: George's
Mother (1896); The Little Regiment
(1897); The Open Boat (1898); Whilomville
Stories (1900), and other tales; although in such a short story as The
Master he showed that he still possessed great power. Posthumous manuscripts
have been collected by his wife under the title Wounds
in the Rain (1900) and Great Battles
of the World (1900). In 1903 appeared O'Ruddy,
written in collaboration with Robert Barr. The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. VI (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 222. |