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February 1, 1895: Stephen Crane Meets Willa Cather
“1895. Crane arrives in Nebraska to cover the destitution and starvation wrought by the previous summer’s drought and the extremely cold winter of 1894-95. In the evening, he meets Willa Cather, who in December had copy edited THE RED BADGE … Continue reading
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CFP: ALA Symposium on God and the American Writer (Deadline 12.1.14)
Dear ALA Affiliated Societies: Many of you have heard about this ALA-sponsored symposium through postings on other sites, but I wanted to make sure that all of the ALA affiliated groups new about the upcoming symposium on “God and the … Continue reading
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Stephen Crane Panels at ALA 2015 (Deadline: 1.10.15)
Call for Papers: Stephen Crane Society at ALA 2015 The Stephen Crane Society will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Association Conference at the Westin Copley Place, Boston, on May 21-24, 2015. All topics are welcome. Here, for example, are a … Continue reading
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Stephen Crane in the News: NY Times Review of Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire
From http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/books/review/stephen-crane-a-life-of-fire-by-paul-sorrentino.html?smid=tw-share Mind Ablaze ‘Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire,’ by Paul Sorrentino By JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS AUG. 1, 2014 Photo Stephen Crane, circa 1895. CreditPhotoQuest/Getty Images Stephen Crane, whose likeness appears on the album cover of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely … Continue reading
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Stephen Crane in the News: THE RED AND THE SCARLET: The hectic career of Stephen Crane. BY CALEB CRAIN
From The New Yorker: THE RED AND THE SCARLET The hectic career of Stephen Crane. BY CALEB CRAIN JUNE 30, 2014 Early readers of “The Red Badge of Courage” assumed that its author was a war veteran. In Stephen Crane’s novel … Continue reading
New Books: Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire
Stephen Crane A Life of Fire Paul Sorrentino Harvard University Press http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674049536 [From the Harvard University Press web site] With the exception of Poe, no American writer has proven as challenging to biographers as the author of The Red Badge of Courage. … Continue reading
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Crane Queries: Mary Helen Peck Crane Archives?
I’m a graduate student at Baylor University doing research on Stephen Crane and his mother. I know it must seem strange getting an email out of the blue, but I’m just about out of luck researching on my own. I … Continue reading
Stephen Crane Panels at ALA in Washington, D.C.
Friday, May 23, 2014 Session 10-B Culture and Context in Stephen Crane’s Work 12:40-2:00 p.m. Organized by the Stephen Crane Society Chair: Paul Sorrentino, Virginia Tech 1. “Creative Destruction: Conflagration, The Newspaper Sketch, and Stephen Crane’s ‘The Monster,’” Jennifer Travis, … Continue reading
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February 1895-1896: Stephen Crane Around the Web
Feb[2] 1896. In a letter to editor Ripley Hitchcock, Crane notes, “I see also that they are beginning to charge me with having played base ball. I am rather more proud of my base ball ability than of some other … Continue reading
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CFP: Stephen Crane Panels at ALA 2014 (Deadline: 1.10.2014)
Call for Papers: Stephen Crane Society ALA 2014 The Stephen Crane Society will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Association Conference at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 22-25 May 2014. All topics are welcome. Here, for example, are … Continue reading
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