{"product_id":"hubert-crackanthorpe-selected-writings-paperback","title":"Hubert Crackanthorpe: Selected Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Greenslade\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEmanuela Ettorre\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHubert Crackanthorpe (1870-1896) made a critically significant contribution to the evolution of the modernist short story in Britain. His unexplained death in Paris at the age of 26 cut short a highly promising literary career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe striking realism of Crackanthorpe's first collection of short stories, \u003cem\u003eWreckage\u003c\/em\u003e (1893), followed by the psychologically complex \u003cem\u003eSentimental Studies\u003c\/em\u003e and posthumous \u003cem\u003eLast Studies\u003c\/em\u003e (1896), together with the prose poems of \u003cem\u003eVignettes\u003c\/em\u003e (1896), were much admired by Henry James and his contemporaries, Dowson, Johnson and Symons, as the work of a leading, innovative writer of critical Decadence. Indeed his stories combine an unrelenting realism with a conscious aestheticizing of their often troubling, bleak subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs co-editor of the short-lived periodical, \u003cem\u003eThe Albermarle \u003c\/em\u003eand campaigning literary journalist, Crackanthorpe was a key critical participant in central literary and artistic debates of the early 1890s: 'facts' versus 'effects' in literature; the efficacy of realism\/naturalism; questions of taste, 'reticence' and the handling of controversial subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fully annotated, critical text comprises the most extensive collection to date of Crackanthorpe's writing. As well as uncollected stories, the volume includes a short story never previously published in book form. This edition also contains a selection of Crackanthorpe's critical writings and a bibliographical survey of his work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412807270578,"sku":"9781781889657","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/025c91cbd3478f7258892b3dfa6d262c.webp?v=1778330697","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/hubert-crackanthorpe-selected-writings-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}