Synopses & Reviews
"A powerful, severe, and harshly comic portrayal of Irish immigrant life in lower New York exactly a century ago."Alfred Kazin. Maggie, a powerful exploration of the destructive forces that underlie urban society and human nature, produced a scandal when it was first published in 1893. This volume includes "George's Mother" and eleven other tales and sketches of New York written between 1892 and 1896.
About the Author
Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was active as a reporter around the world in addition to being an acclaimed novelist.
Larzer Ziff is a research professor of English at Johns Hopkins University who has written extensively on American literary culture.
Table of Contents
Edited and with an Introduction by Larzer Ziff with the Assistance of Theo Davis
Introduction: Stephen Crane's New York by Larzer Ziff
Suggestions for Further Reading
Note on the Texts
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York) (1893)
George's Mother (1896)
Tales of New York
The Broken-Down Van (1892)
An Ominous Baby (1893, 1894)
A Great Mistake (1893, 1896)
A Dark-Brown Dog (1893, 1901)
An Experiment in Misery (1894)
An Experiment in Luxury (1894)
Mr. Binks' Day Off (1894)
The Men in the Storm (1894)
When Man Falls, A Crowd Gathers (1894)
An Eloquence of Grief (1896, 1898)
Adventures of a Novelist (1896)