Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York) (Bedford Cultural Editions)

This definitive, annotated edition of Maggie is based on Crane's original 1893 text and provides instructors with everything they need to teach the work in its historical and cultural context. Over 175 pages of documents are organized into thematic units on late-nineteenth and turn of the century American society to give the reader a context for Maggie. The various chapters in this edition cover topics such as tenement life; shops, saloons, concert-halls; working women from the perspectives of others; working women tell their own stories; prostitution; realism; and slum fiction. This Edition Of Maggie Reprints Crane's Original, Unexpurgated 1893 Text And Includes Many Additional Contemporary Documents Chosen To Help Reconstruct The Historical, Cultural, And Social Milieu Of Late-nineteenth-century America. A General Introduction Providing Cultural And Historical Background, A Chronology Of Stephen Crane's Life And Times, An Introduction To Each Thematic Group Of Documents, Headnotes, Extensive Annotations, Illustrations, And A Selected Bibliography Make This A Definitive Scholarly Edition Of Crane's Classic Short Novel.--book Jacket. Pt. 1. Maggie, A Girl Of The Streets (a Story Of New York) : The Complete Text -- Pt. 2. Maggie, A Girl Of The Streets (a Story Of New York) : Cultural Contexts. Stephen Crane ; Edited By Kevin J. Hayes. Includes Historical Documents And Passages From Other Publications Contemporary With The Featured Work. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 370-374). The first social expose in fiction to render "how the other half lives", Stephen Crane's Maggie is one of the most powerful depictions of the urban poor of its time. As a reviewer stated shortly after the work's appearance in 1893: "Maggie is a study of life in the slums of New York, and of the hopeless struggle of a girl against the horrible conditions of her environment; and so bitter is the struggle, so black the environment, so inevitable is the end, that the reader feels a chill at his heart". Originally published in 1893, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets tells the story of the impoverished Johnson family and their experiences living in the squalid Bowery neighborhood of New York City. When the eldest of the Johnson children, Maggie, commits an act deemed disgraceful by society, her life is tragically altered by the aftermath of the community{u2019}s rejection Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Introduction: Cultural and Historical Background....Pages 3-23 Chronology of Crane’s Life and Times....Pages 24-33 A Note on the Text....Pages 34-35 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York)....Pages 36-94 Front Matter....Pages 95-96 In Darkest New York....Pages 97-194 The Plight of the Working Woman....Pages 195-262 “The Painted Cohorts”....Pages 263-301 Realism and Beyond....Pages 302-369 Back Matter....Pages 370-374