Should the Wide World Roll Away
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Poet Stephen Crane 1871–1900
Subjects Relationships, Love, Romantic Love, Realistic & Complicated
Holidays Valentine's Day
Poetic Terms Epigram, Free Verse
Biography
Stephen Crane was one of America's foremost realistic writers, and his works have been credited with marking the beginning of modern American Naturalism. His Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a classic of American literature that realistically depicts the psychological complexities of fear and courage on the battlefield. Influenced by William Dean Howells's theory of realism, Crane utilized his keen . . .
Poems by Stephen Crane
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SUBJECT Relationships, Love, Romantic Love, Realistic & Complicated
Poetic Terms Epigram, Free Verse
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