Reading selected poems of Stephen Crane brings to light the unique perspectives this young writer had on religion and moral values. In a quest to more fully understand Crane and his ideas, beginning with a brief biographical sketch is appropriate. Born November 1, 1871, in Newark, New Jersey, Stephen Crane was the fourteenth and youngest child of a Methodist minister. Young Crane grew up quickly with the advent of several transitions in his life including the loss …
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…The Black Rider and Other Lines. 1905. Published in The American Tradition in Literature, Vol II, 9th edition. Boston, McGraw Hill. 1999 Crane Stephen. War is Kind. 1899. Published in The American Tradition in Literature, Vol II, 9th edition. Boston, McGraw Hill. 1999 Ng, Susanna. Sin & Virtue: Evaluating Stephen Crane. Texas University Press. Retrieved online. December 4, 1999. www.utep.edu Solomon, Eric. Stephen Crane--From Parody to Realism. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Stallman, Robert. Stephen Crane. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1968.