Great Short Works of Stephen Crane (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Stephen Crane (PDF)

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The collected short work of an American master, including The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. Stephen Crane died at the age of 28 in Germany. In his short life, he produced stories that are among the most enduring in the history of American ficiton. The Red Badge of Courage manages to capture both the realistic grit and the grand hallucinations of soldiers at war. Maggie: A Girl on the Streets reflects the range of Crane’s ability to invest the most tragic and ordinary lives with great insight.James Colvert writes in the introduction to this volume: “Here we find once again the major elements of Crane’s art: the egotism of the hero, the indifference of nature, the irony of the narrator … Crane is concerned with the moral responsibility of the individual … (and) moral capability depends upon the ability to see through the illusions wrought by pride and conceit—the ability to see ourselves clearly and truly.”Great Short Works of Stephen Crane Includes : The Red Badge of Courage; Maggie: A Girl of the Streets; The Monster. Stories: An Experiment in Misery; A Mystery of Heroism; An Episode of War; The Upturned Face; The Open Boat; The Pace of Youth; The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky; The Blue Hotel.

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⭐Most of us read “Red Badge of Courage” in high school, and we probably think it was a dull, dated book that had only one merit: brevity. But upon rereading “Red Badge,” I realized how much the book has stayed with me over the years and that my thoughts about the Civil War, war generally, and heroism have been deeply influenced by the story.Now, having added the reading of other major Stephen Crane novellas and short stories, I have a fuller understanding of what he was trying to do and why he was so influential despite his fairly small output due to his death at age 28. He burst onto the literary scene with “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets,” a pathos- and anger-filled book about life in New York’s Bowery. The story wouldn’t fly today because it’s a little too obvious and the characters are too black-and-white, and they don’t struggle hard enough against their fate. But it was a literary sensation at its time, and it brought Crane many opportunities to write for newspapers while he worked on new fiction. (His newspaper articles, which are not part of this collection, are pretty great, by the way.)Crane masterfully characterizes (and satirizes) a number of people in “Maggie,” as well as in several short stories in this collection by using irony that would be recognizable in a sitcom today. The bravado of people who have no right to it seems to be a recurring theme for him, and he repeatedly shows people cut back down to size, whether American soldiers in Cuba, Easterners going out to the West, or a Bowery tough guy. On the other hand, the good person doesn’t always win, as seen most prominently in Maggie’s downfall.”Red Badge,” of course, is his most enduring work. There’s some satire and male-bonding humor, but mostly it’s a story of anger and humility. Henry, the protagonist, not only develops courage, but even more importantly, he contemplates his place in the universe and comes to an understanding. What’s fascinating to me is that Crane doesn’t take the easy way out in this tightly woven story. Henry flees, then fights reluctantly, and then fights with insane bravery, but doesn’t praise himself. The Union troops win a minor skirmish, but before they can even enjoy their victory, the Confederate troops charge and overrun them. The troops slog through some engagements and are justifiably scared, but are vilified by commanders for their lack of bravery and effort. Meanwhile, it’s beautiful weather throughout the battles, until the enemy is thwarted — and then it starts raining when the troops are marching to their new location. And so on.In conclusion, these are memorable stories and still readily accessible in theme, tone, and language.

⭐What a great writer, a word’s smith for sure, a delight for the senses…. am a short story lover.

⭐Awful book with smudgy letters. A disgrace. Really ugly book inside…What a dissapointment. Publisher…why do you sell such an ugly books…?

⭐I was leading to believe to be a good book I found not a recommendation

⭐The book fell apart when I opened it….

⭐Very interesting. Well written too. It gives a good insight of the historical background of America. I would recommend it to anyone interested in good writing.

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