Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature

Author:   Michael Robertson
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231109697


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 November 1997
Format:   Paperback
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Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature


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This is the first critical study of Stephen Crane's nonfiction work -- his urban reportage, travel writing, and war correspondence. Going beyond biography and literary criticism to trace a literary revolution that is a resonating strain in the genealogy of modern American literature, Robertson reveals the broad climate of change that had begun to blur the line between nonfiction writing and fiction in Crane's era. He also explores the life of two writers directly influenced by Crane: Ernest Hemingway and Theodore Dreiser.

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Author:   Michael Robertson
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780231109697


ISBN 10:   0231109695
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 November 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Thoroughly researched and elegantly written, the book traces the role of Stephen Crane as a crucial transitional figure whose work in the 1890s and subsequent influence helped to shape the development of both fiction and nonfiction writing in America... A masterful study of one of the founders of what is now widely known as literary journalism, as well as an original construction of an important historical turning point in American letters. -- David Abrahamson, Journalism History Going beyond biography and literary criticism, Robertson's excellent critical study... places [Crane's nonfiction] in the context of turnf-of-the-century American culture... An important work that traces how journalism and literature interact in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century. -- Journal of Popular Culture Robertson's scholarship is thorough and inventive and his literary analysis is sophisticated, insightful and potentially revolutionary with regard to the role and value of journalism in 'the making of modern American literature.' -- Patrick K. Dooley, War, Literature, and the Arts Robertson's excellent book on Stephen Crane's journalism is one of the best critical studies of this author to appear in recent decades. -- James B. Colvert, Dreiser Studies A ground-breaking, overdue, and important contribution. -- Patrick K. Dooley, Stephen Crane Studies


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Michael Robertson is assistant professor of English at the College of New Jersey.

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