Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane was a pioneer of American literary impressionism and naturalism whose short life produced two enduring masterworks. The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets established him as a forerunner of modern realism.
Works
- The Red Badge of CourageNovel about a young soldier's first experience of warfare during the Civil War
- Maggie: A Girl of the StreetsNovel portraying a girl's tragic fall through poverty in urban slum society
- The Open BoatShort story about men adrift in a lifeboat struggling against the sea
- The Blue HotelShort story of misunderstanding and violence among isolated travelers in a hotel
- Active ServiceNovel about a journalist covering military conflict during wartime in Greece