{"product_id":"hubert-crackanthorpe-william-greenslade-9781781889657","title":"Hubert Crackanthorpe: Selected Writings","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Greenslade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781889651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781889657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Humanities Research Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.86d","brand":"William Greenslade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993498648831,"sku":"9781781889657","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9732fbb8-4bd6-441d-86f5-9951b67d8880.jpg?v=1683324674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hubert-crackanthorpe-william-greenslade-9781781889657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}