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Stephen Crane's literary family : a garland of writings / edited by Thomas A. Gullason.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900.
- American literature--19th century.
- American literature.
- Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900--Family.
- Crane, Stephen.
- Families.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Stephen Crane was a prominent American author whose bohemian lifestyle seemed to contradict his pious upbringing. Drawing on little-known and unpublished documents by Crane's father, mother, and sister, preeminent scholar Thomas A. Gullason shows how their vitality and versatility galvanized Crane's imagination and spurred his literary career. The Cranes emerge as a spirited and serious lot who were passionately concerned with the social and cultural issues of the day. Newly discovered papers -- from reflections on the Civil War to a funeral oration for Lincoln -- paint Crane's pastor father as a man of sardonic wit whose staunch condemnation of alcohol would be mirrored in his son's work. The writings of Crane's mother reveal an eye for politics and an ear for dialogue that would vastly inform Crane's masterpiece, The Red Badge of Courage. His sister Agnes rounds out the portrait with recently recovered stories and poems. Replete with rare works and keen insights, this edition is a crucial reference for students of nineteenth-century American literature and devotees of Stephen Crane.
- Contents:
- Stephen Crane and His Family: A Modern Portrait 1
- Part 1 Jonathan Townley Crane
- Father and Son: A Dual Reading 23
- Youthful Contributions to The Nassau Monthly
- The Fiction of Our Popular Magazines 29
- English Strictures on American Slavery 33
- A Speculation Concerning Popular Happiness 37
- The Aborigines of Great Britain 41
- The Battle of Waterloo: A Ballad (poem) 46
- From the Reverend Crane's Career
- The Lawyer and His Family: A Temperance Story for Youth (fiction) (selections) 56
- A Talk about Talk, or The Art of Talking 70
- The Mystified Quaker: Revision of Frank Olive's "Words and Their Uses" 87
- Party Politics 88
- A Day in Camp Convalescent 105
- Sermon: A Funeral Service Held in Memory of President Lincoln 111
- Obedience 120
- Singing in the Sunday School 121
- What Shall We Teach? 123
- Keep the Children Right 124
- The Crying Baby 126
- Justice to Children 128
- The Use of the Fists 130
- "Thou" 131
- Christ and the Painters 133
- Silent Power 135
- The Jolly Frog (poem) 137
- Part 2 Mary Helen Peck Crane
- Mother and Son: A Dual Reading 141
- From Mrs. Crane's Career
- How to Conduct a Weekly Meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union 145
- Report of "Press Work" 150
- Press Work (1887) 151
- Press Work (1890) 154
- Press Work (1891) 156
- A Trite Application 157
- To the Women of New Jersey 158
- Jerusha Ann Stubbs to Cousin Abigail Jane 160
- Jerusha Ann's Third Letter 165
- Hezekia Quidam to Jerusha Ann 168
- Thanksgiving or Christmas. Which? 169
- How Jonathan Saved the Ash Barrel 176
- Part 3 Agnes Elizabeth Crane
- Sister and Brother: A Dual Reading 181
- From Agnes Crane's Career
- Land Ahead 186
- Love of the Beautiful 186
- A Helpless Person 188
- Our Wealth 189
- Valedictory 191
- An Untitled Quatrain (poem) 194
- Content (poem) 195
- An Emendation of Mary Gardiner Brainard's "Not Knowing" (poem) 196
- A Victorious Defeat (short story) 197
- How It Happened (short story) 206
- The Result of an Experiment (short story) 213
- Laurel Camp, and What Came of It (short story) 221
- A Working List on Teaching and Learning 229
- A. Jonathan Townley Crane's Collegiate Achievements 233
- B. Novels and Novel-Reading: Jonathan Townley Crane 237
- C. Mystery and Discovery: Jonathan Townley Crane 242
- D. Words and Their Uses: Frank Olive 246
- E. Not Knowing: Mary Gardiner Brainard 248.
- Notes:
- Selection of works by Stephen Crane's father, Jonathan Townley Crane, his mother, Helen Crane, and his sister, Agnes Crane.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 081562901X
- OCLC:
- 46952234
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