A precursor of the imagists in poetry and of the novelists writing the new fiction of the 1920s, Stephen Crane was one of the most gifted and influential writers of the late nineteenth century, noted for his brilliant and innovative style, his vivid,...

A precursor of the imagists in poetry and of the novelists writing the new fiction of the 1920s, Stephen Crane was one of the most gifted and influential writers of the late nineteenth century, noted for his brilliant and innovative style, his vivid,...

Stephen Crane lived fast and aggressively, and although he died at age twenty-eight, he managed to exceed a normal lifetime's experience in travel and exposure to extremes of human condition and endeavor. Out of his experience came a body of work equal...

Stephen Crane is considered to be one of the most talented and influential writers of the late 1800s. He is known for his innovative style of writing, his vivid sense of irony, and his penetrating and sometimes disturbing psychological realism. He is...

Author at twenty-one of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893), the first naturalistic novel of American slum life, and at twenty-four of The Red Badge of Courage (1895), an American classic which catapulted him to literary fame, Stephen Crane wrote four...

Stephen Crane (1871-1900), an American fiction writer and poet, was also a newspaper reporter. His novel "The Red Badge of Courage" stands high among the world's books depicting warfare. After the Civil War, William Dean Howells, Henry James, and...