Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane, Born November 1st, 1871 into a middle class New Jersey family, he was the youngest of fourteen children (About Stephen Crane 1). Brought up to be a baseball player by his father, a Methodist minister, the Crane family re-located to upstate New York (About Stephen Crane 1). Stephen attended Lafayette College, and Syracuse University to play baseball (About Stephen Crane 1). Crane realized he could not make a living with his baseball, so he turned back to New Jersey where he found his calling as a writer. Here he became one of the greatest inventors of his time by originating two styles of writing. One Realism, which is a theory in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealization or the avoidance of the ugly, and two, Naturalism, a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings (Anderson 439). Based on Stephen Crane's experiences in war, and in the city, he pioneered a true naturalistic style of writing. In the spring of 1891, Stephen Crane began working at a news agency reporting on the slums of New York (About Stephen Crane 1). While doing this, Crane experienced many different life styles of people. Stephen Crane
returned to Europe after he had been in Cuba reporting on the Spanish American War, and the famous Rough Riders, with newfound mate, and first female war correspondent Cora Taylor and they settled down (Anderson 440). one, in the pages of this novel. The Red Badge of Courage, about a boy who enters the war not knowing what he is about to do, and comes out a war hero, (Stephen Crane Defines Courage 1) influenced the hearts and minds of many authors to come. "The dynamics of Cranes growth are revealing" (Shullman 65). Stephen Crane was now seen as an expert on war, and focused solely on this topic, amazing readers everywhere (Anderson 439).
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Approximate Word count = 953
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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