À la veille d'une bataille de la guerre de Sécession, Henry Fleming est un jeune soldat de l'armée nordiste fraîchement enrôlé et assailli par le doute.
Pourquoi s'est-il engagé ? Sera-t-il capable, du haut de ses 17 ans, de faire face au danger ?
Le lendemain, sous le feu ennemi, il réagit comme un lâche et s'en veut terriblement. Mais dans la confusion générale, Henry est frappé à la tête, recevant cet « insigne rouge du courage » qu'est une blessure de guerre.
Son attitude au combat va s'en trouver radicalement modifiée.
« L'un des meilleurs livres de la littérature américaine. » - Hemingway
Dans "La conquête du courage", Stephen Crane raconte les aventures d'un groupe de volontaires engagés dans la guerre de Sécession américaine. Le jeune fermier Henry Fleming a trop rêvé de gloire et d'exploits pareils à ceux des héros de l'Antiquité pour ne pas céder au désir de s'engager. Mais la guerre ressemble peu aux combats épiques d'antan et, lorsque vient son tour de recevoir le baptême du feu, il est pris d'angoisse. Saura-t-il se conduire en brave? Le premier contact avec l'ennemi lui apporte la réponse: c'est non. Il se ressaisit pourtant et, sous la mitraille, fait tant bien que mal le lent apprentissage de la maîtrise de soi, de la «conquête du courage». Le caractère volontairement sobre de la description que Crane donne de la bataille (inspirée par la bataille de Chancellorsville, 1863), la compréhension du phénomène de la guerre qui fait son chemin dans l'esprit du jeune soldat, la simplicité du récit, la vérité de chaque détail, l'accent humain de certaines observations, font de ce roman, considéré par Joseph Conrad comme un chef-d'oeuvre, un classique de la littérature américaine. Il influencera durablement une génération d'écrivains, dont Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck et Erskine Caldwell.
There comes a time in the course of a battle when a soldier leaves his fate in the hands of the Gods of war. He carries on with the battle at hand, the only way he knows how - fight now, think later. Stephen Cranes' classic novel `The Red Badge of Courage' offers us an insight into the mind of a young soldier. As he delves into the black depths of both PTSD and trauma, Cranes' striking descriptions and masterful prose make this captivating novel unmissable for fans of Jack London, John Steinbeck, and Edith Wharton.
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American naturalist writer and journalist. He began writing as a child, but quit in favour of journalism following the death of his parents. He wrote mainly for New York magazines and newspapers, with specific focus on life in the slums. He used this experience as a starting point for his first novel `Maggie: A Girl of the Streets' (1893), but his breakthrough as an author did not come until his novel `The Red Badge for Courage' (1895). He later became a war correspondent, dying of tuberculosis at the age of 28. His striking descriptions, captivating plots, and masterful prose make him perfect for fans of Jack London, John Steinbeck, and Edith Wharton.
Six nouvelles de célèbres auteurs américains en version bilingue.
La série BILINGUE de 12-21 propose :o une traduction fidèle et intégrale, accompagnée de nombreuses noteso une méthode originale de perfectionnement par un contact direct avec les oeuvres d'auteurs étrangersE. Calwell (1903-1987) - Molly Queue-de-CotonE. Hemingway (1899-1961) - Le championJ. O'Hara (1905-1970) - L'idoleS. Crane (1871-1900) - La marié arrive à Yellow SkyM. Twain (1835-1910) - La célèbre grenouille du comté de CalaverasF. Bert Harte (1836-1902) - Les bannis de Poker Fiat
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"The Blue Hotel" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane. The story first appeared in the 1899 collection entitled The Monster and Other Stories.
It is a story about a man who gets in trouble after a stay at the Palace Hotel.
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet who is often called the first modern American writer. The Blue Hotel (1899) is considered one of Crane s finest short stories.
This is the story about four men who are in a lifeboat after they get in a shipwreck. This is based on a true story. The author (Stephen Crane) was on a ship called the Commodore. On New Years Eve, the ship crashed and he was left in a lifeboat trying to survive.From its beginnings in 1956 to today, the Joint European Series (JES) of Classics Illustrated has provided youthful minds with beautifully-illustrated comic book adaptations of the world's most beloved stories by the world's greatest authors. These books encourage a love of reading and adventure.A collection of Classics Illustrated books is an inviting start to any young person's library.
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"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" is an 1898 western short story by American author Stephen Crane. Originally published in McClure's Magazine. The story's protagonist is a Texas marshal named Jack Potter, who is returning to the town of Yellow Sky with his eastern bride. Potter's nemesis, the gunslinger Scratchy Wilson, drunkenly plans to accost the sheriff after he disembarks the train, but he changes his mind upon seeing the unarmed man with his bride.
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet who is often called the first modern American writer.
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"The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). First published in 1897, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat; one of the men, an oiler named Billie Higgins, drowned after the boat overturned. Crane's personal account of the shipwreck and the men's survival, titled "Stephen Crane's Own Story", was first published a few days after his rescue.
Crane subsequently adapted his report into narrative form, and the resulting short story "The Open Boat" was published in Scribner's Magazine. The story is told from the point of view of an anonymous correspondent, Crane's fictional doppelgänger, and the action closely resembles the author's experiences after the shipwreck. A volume titled The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure was published in the United States in 1898; an edition entitled The Open Boat and Other Stories was published simultaneously in England. Praised for its innovation by contemporary critics, the story is considered an exemplary work of literary Naturalism, and is one of the most frequently discussed works in Crane's canon. It is notable for its use of imagery, irony, symbolism, and the exploration of such themes as survival, solidarity, and the conflict between man and nature. H. G. Wells considered "The Open Boat" to be "beyond all question, the crown of all [Crane's] work".
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet who is often called the first modern American writer. Crane was a correspondent in the Greek-Turkish War and the Spanish American War, penning numerous articles, war reports and sketches. In addition to six novels, Crane wrote over a hundred short stories including "The Blue Hotel," "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," and "The Open Boat."
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This omnibus contains the 3 famous stories by Stephen Crane:
The Blue Hotel
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
The Open Boat
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet who is often called the first modern American writer. Crane was a correspondent in the Greek-Turkish War and the Spanish American War, penning numerous articles, war reports and sketches.
Eh bien, il va falloir se faire une raison : l'Américain-type, ça n'existe pas ! Tant pis pour la belle ordonnance des idées toutes faites ; d'un Américain à l'autre, le caractère, les moeurs, la stature même diffèrent. Bien sûr il existe, chez tous les habitants du Nouveau Monde, certains éléments qui constituent le caractère national, mais ces éléments sont amalgamés diversement selon les racines de l'individu, l'ancienneté de sa migration, selon surtout qu'il habite le vieux Nord-Est, le Sud, l'Ouest ou le Middle West. C'est ce qui ressort des treize nouvelles ici réunies, Toutes, sauf deux, ont été écrites pendant les décennies qui ont suivi la guerre de Sécession, en une période où le pays avait besoin de redécouvrir son identité, de concilier les mirages du passé et les réalités du présent... A ce moment-là plus que jamais, la littérature régionale, fondée sur des valeurs intactes, sûres, facilement reconnaissables, avait un rôle à jouer. Sans doute ces récits reflètent-ils leur époque, mais on y sent percer déjà une littérature de fiction plus complexe et plus élaborée : celle de l'Amérique contemporaine, qui a su si bien assimiler, pour des buts qui lui sont propres, accents régionaux et couleurs locales.
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"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is a novella by Stephen Crane, published in 1893. The story follows Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risqué by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. Crane financed the book's publication himself, although the original 1893 edition was printed under the pseudonym Johnston Smith. The story is followed by "George's Mother". The novella explores themes of alcoholism, hypocrisy, determinism, naturalism, gender, sexuality, and class. The characters are stuck in their class without a way out, due to their heritage and their inability to see other perspectives besides their own. Critics debate whether Crane's use of naturalism was intended to create empathy for the characters living in the Bowery or to support the idea that there is a genetic reason why they are impoverished. The novella was published during the time of industrialization, and the characters' fates are all inevitable and their lives cannot be changed.
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"The Red Badge of Courage" is a novel by Stephen Crane that takes place during the American Civil War. The story follows a young Union Army private named Henry Fleming who flees from battle and longs for a "red badge of courage" to counteract his cowardice. The novel is known for its realism and naturalism, despite Crane not having experienced battle firsthand. The story explores themes of maturation, heroism, cowardice, and the indifference of nature. The novel received widespread acclaim upon its publication in 1895. The protagonist's growth and heroism are detailed throughout the novel, as he confronts the harsh realities of war. The novel's vivid descriptions and well-cadenced prose create suspense within the story. The Red Badge of Courage is notable for its use of irony, symbolism, and metaphor. The novel has been deemed a major American text and Crane's most important work.
Eleven stories of war by the author of The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane was an American author. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. Crane's writing is characterized by vivid intensity, distinctive dialects, and irony. Common themes involve fear, spiritual crises and social isolation. His writing made a deep impression on 20th-century writers, most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway, and is thought to have inspired the Modernists and the Imagists.
Published in 1899, just a year before his death, War Is Kind by Stephen Crane evokes again the dark imagery of war which made his fortune in The Red Badge Of Courage. Unlike that book, this collection leaves the battlefield itself behind to explore the damage war does to people's hearts and minds. Reeking of dashed hopes, simultaneously sympathetic with the victims of war and cynical about the purposes of war, Crane implicitly criticizes the image of the romantic hero and asks if Love can survive. The poetic voice is one of an old and wearied soul, stark and disillusioned, which is all the more intriguing since Crane was dead before he reached his 30th birthday. His work calls to mind the Beat Poets of the mid 20th century in its powerful use of language and bleak idiomatic landscape. It is poetry on the cusp of the fin de siècle; echoing the passing age and presaging the newborn century.
At the time of his death at the age of 28, Stephen Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, however, until two decades later when critics revived interest in his life and work. Stylistically, Crane's writing is characterized by vivid intensity, distinctive dialects, and irony. Common themes involve fear, spiritual crises and social isolation. Although recognized primarily for The Red Badge of Courage, which has become an American classic, Crane is also known for short stories such as "The Open Boat", "The Blue Hotel", "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", and The Monster. His writing made a deep impression on 20th century writers, most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway, and is thought to have inspired the Modernists and the Imagists.
Written in a purgative frenzy of pure imagination , Stephen Crane's The Black Riders and Other Lines is a strange, enigmatic, and sparsely-written collection of free verse that bristles with Old Testament fury, seethes with cosmic cynicism, and touches on themes of lost faith and existential terror.
