内容简介
HereisStephenCrane'smasterpiece,TheRedBadgeofCourage,togetherwithfourofhismostfamousshortstories.Outstandingintheirportrayalofviolentemotionandquiettension,thesetextsledthewayforgreatAmericanwriterssuchasErnestHemingway.
作者简介
StephenCrane(November1,1871–June5,1900)wasanAmericannovelist,shortstorywriter,poetandjournalist.Prolificthroughouthisshortlife,hewrotenotableworksintheRealisttraditionaswellasearlyexamplesofAmericanNaturalismandImpressionism.Heisrecognizedbymoderncriticsasoneofthemostinnovativewritersofhisgeneration.TheeighthsurvivingchildofMethodistProtestantparents,Cranebeganwritingattheageoffourandhadpublishedseveralarticlesbytheageof16.Havinglittleinterestinuniversitystudies,heleftschoolin1891andbeganworkasareporterandwriter.Crane'sfirstnovelwasthe1893BowerytaleMaggie:AGirloftheStreets,whichcriticsgenerallyconsiderthefirstworkofAmericanliteraryNaturalism.