Stephen crane biography powerpoint lesson

Title: Stephen Crane


1
Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage
-(November 1, 1871 - 5 June 1900) was an
American novelist, poet and journalist. He was
born in Newark, New Jersey, the 14th child of a
Methodist minister.

2
-While supporting himself through his writing, he
observed the poor in the Bowery slums to research
his first novel, Maggie A Girl Of The Streets
(1893), which was a milestone in the development
of literary naturalism.

stephen crane biography powerpoint lesson4

- Naturalistic writers
believe that one's heredity and surroundings
decide one's character. Naturalism attempts to
determine "scientifically" the underlying forces
(i.e. the environment or heredity) influencing
these subjects' actions. -This style of writing
would be a defining trait of his later work,
especially The Red Badge of Courage.

3
-The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a powerful
tale of the American Civil War. The book won
international acclaim for its realism and
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