‘American Fantastic Tales’ collects best stuff that bad dreams are made of Oct 18, 2009
Herman Melville s The Tartarus of Maids, Stephen Crane s The Black Dog, F. Scott Fitzgerald s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, John Cheever s Torch Song, and Tennessee Williams s The Mysteries of the Joy Rio all open harrowing portals into their authors inner worlds. Aside from idiosyncratic preoccupations, what is the impulse behind American horror writing. (Boston Globe)
Literary ghost stories Aug 2, 2009
And then, with the pulps, come H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather and others. "Let us at least take note that loss, grief, and terror echo throughout the two volumes of 'American Fantastic Tales,'" Straub says in his introduction. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Fresh start for Franklin at Middle Tennessee Jul 2, 2009
Legendary authors Ole Miss: William Faulkner was a Noble Prize-winning author who wrote many classic novels, including "The Sound and the Fury." Syracuse: Stephen Crane, who wrote "The Red Badge of Courage." EDGE: Ole Miss. Crane was at Syracuse for just one semester and admitted to more interest in playing baseball than studying. (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
Nicholas Lemann: What media moguls make. Apr 14, 2009
Paper Tigers: Books: The New Yorker. The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism (St. (New Yorker)
Paper Tigers Apr 6, 2009
The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism (St. 95), Richard J. Tofel, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch (Broadway; 29. (New Yorker)
Best-selling books Mar 16, 2009
95): A re-imagining of the dying days of the poet and novelist Stephen Crane. 10. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stephen Crane Biography Mar 2, 2009
Brief biography of writer and poet Stephen Crane, well-known for his use of realism in his works. American novelist Stephen Crane is best known for his classic book The Red Badge of Courage ... The Early Years of Stephen Crane. (Suite101.com)
Haunted by History Mar 1, 2009
Stephen Crane, author of "The Red Badge of Courage," spent a night there in 1897 after he was shipwrecked, an experience that provided material for "The Open Boat," one of his most enduring short stories. On Dec. 31, 1896, Crane set out on the S.S. Commodore, a gun-running ship that had been smuggling aid to Cuban freedom fighters. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
