I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Crane’s Last Words, published posthumously, in England. I’ve come across a “first edition,” bound in blue cloth, while it appears that it was primarily released in maroon. I’d be grateful for any thoughts, if there are any.
Thank you, for your attention.
Sincerely,
Robert Lages
Allentown, NJ
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I would be glad if you could post it, but, to avoid the confusion, I would like to specify that the question I have is not about the ‘whine’ word ( I understand it refers to the sound of the old-fashioned streetlight), but more about the meaning of the entire sentence which is not quite clear to me. I can’t quite get the exact ‘message’ of this specific sentence and how it fits the context:
Let’s say, it would be very helpful if you or someone else could rephrase it somehow. If it is explaining why she took the lamp with her when exiting to the street, still, why is it explained not directly, but after a sentence describing how the street appeared to her? What relevance does that streetlight have to the described situation? If it explains why the street looked like that to her then she must have seen the light itself as she saw the effect it had on the crowd.
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Looks like Cora Crane's heir was Ernest C. Budd. Is that true? If so, did he inherit Stephen Crane's copyrights and did he pass those along to his heir?
Thanks.
Angus H. Paul
November 7-9, 2024
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I sent a query to the society some time ago but saw no answer. Involved the unpublished English version of War is Kind. From what I have seen in various places there were a small number of samples of what a Heinemann edition would look like made up by Bradley. Anywhere from 30 to 20 to 12 copies were made up with the Heinemann Imprint on the tp in a related typeface. So my query is why was the English edition not published? What happened? Anybody have any theories, ideas, done any research I’m\n the Publishers records? BTW I ‘ve one of the mockups with a paper DJ with the note: “12 copies”. It came from Bradley material given to Stanford by his son. Thx for any help.
–John Lehner
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Donald Pizer, a widely known and respected scholar of American literature and professor of English at Tulane University for more than 40 years, died on November 7, 2023 at the age of 94.
Pizer was the only child of Morris Pizer, a union official, and Helen (Rosenfeld) Pizer, a fur worker. He was born in New York City and raised in Brooklyn until 1947 when, after graduating from high school, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles. He received his B.A. (1951), M.A. (1952), and Ph. D. (1955), all from U.C.L.A., and served in the US Army from 1955 to 1957. He then joined the English Department at Newcomb College, Tulane University, as an assistant professor. In 1966, he married Carol Hart. He is survived by her, their three daughters (Karin, Ann, and Margaret), and four grandchildren.
Pizer concentrated for much of his career on late 19th and early 20th century American naturalism, a literary movement that included such figures as Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, and John Dos Passos. He published many articles and over 40 books, both critical studies and editions, devoted to these writers individually and to the movement as a whole. His work played a leading role in shifting critical emphasis in interpreting America naturalism from its conventionally held position as a weak offshoot of French naturalism to being seen as a distinctly American phenomenon, with its roots in American experience and values. He was widely regarded as the nation’s principal scholar of the movement and its writers.
Pizer was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1962; his many other awards include senior fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities and three Fulbright lectureships at European universities. He was a member of the editorial boards of many professional journals and often was a guest lecturer at American and European universities, including Cambridge, Heidelberg, and Leiden. At Tulane, he directed the Ph.D. dissertations of over 30 graduate students and in 1970 was appointed to the endowed Pierce Butler chair in English. He retired from teaching at Tulane in 2001 but continued his research and writing for many years.
Pizer’s army service included a year living in London. He developed a taste for English life and later returned to the area near Hampstead Heath many times for summers with his family and when on sabbatical leave. He was equally fond of his adopted home of New Orleans, where he lived for over 65 years.
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[Cross-posted from the Frank Norris Society site https://franknorrissociety.wordpress.com/2023/11/26/donald-pizer-a-widely-known-and-respected-scholar-of-american-literature-and-professor-of-english-at-tulane-university-for-more-than-40-years-died-on-november-7-2023-at-the-age-of-94/]
The Society for the Study of American Literary Naturalism
American Literature Association 35th Annual Conference
May 23-26, 2024
Chicago, IL
The Frank Norris Society, The Jack London Society, the Stephen Crane Society, and the Theodore Dreiser Society have united for the American Literature Association into the Society for the Study of American Literary Naturalism.
The Society for the Study of American Literary Naturalism will sponsor multiple sessions at the 2023 American Literature Association Conference. While we are open to any topic related to the works of Norris, London, Crane, or Dreiser, we are also open to considerations of other authors—either in the traditional naturalist period or in any time after—embracing or working within a broadly defined “naturalist ethos.”
Continue readingDear friends,
Patrick and I just wanted to reach out on behalf of ALA as ask if you would share with your societies a quick reminder about the October gathering in Santa Fe that he and I are organizing. We’re about a five weeks away from the Sept 15 due date for proposals and while we know folks may not know their funding situation (if they have funding, that is) we are hoping to attract as many folks as possible.
The link for the call for papers is here: https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-symposia/
Please feel free to simply share this email if you’d like with your members. We are looking forward to a program that’s broad and inclusive and also fun! I’m cutting in the Call for Papers here as well.
Many thanks! Kirk
Kirk Curnutt, Ph.D.
Professor and chair, Department of English,
The Stephen Crane Society 