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Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900) was an American journalist, novelist, and poet credited with the introduction of realism into American literature. His first novel, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets, was the gritty, glum result of Crane's observations of the poor while living in New York City. The novel was not a success, but he developed his realistic style to such an extent that his next effort gave him literary fame: The Red Badge of Courage described the emotions and experience of a Civil War soldier so evocatively that it was difficult to believe that Crane had never been in war. His reputation was then solidified, and he was given journalistic assignments in Greece and Cuba. He led an adventuresome life, including surviving the sinking of a ship, witnessing battles, covering the aftermath of war, and eliciting scandal from a relationship. He eventually moved to Europe and died in Germany of tuberculosis at the young age of 28.
Works available on Lit2Go:
- The Open Boat: A Tale Intended to be After the Fact. Being the Experience of Four Men Sunk from the Steamer Commodore
- The Red Badge of Courage
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