Hubert Crackanthorpe, Wreckage : : Seven Studies / / David Malcolm.

• VerfasserIn: Malcolm, David,
• MitwirkendeR: Crackanthorpe, Hubert,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

A scholarly edition of a neglected and provocative masterpiece of the fin-de-siècle avant-gardeOffers a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of Crackanthorpe’s first volume of short storiesContextualizes the volume in terms of Crackanthorpe’s other work, in terms of contemporary writers and fin-de-siècle culture and society in Britain and EuropeIncludes two non-fiction pieces by Crackanthorpe, which he published in Albemarle and The Yellow Book in 1892 and 1894Contains an uncollected short story The Haseltons," which Crackanthorpe published in The Yellow Book in 1894Hubert Crackanthorpe was a skilful and technically innovative English realist/naturalist writer. This edition of his powerful first collection of short stories features a carefully contextualised introduction to the author and his work. Providing a detailed analysis of his short stories, David Malcolm situates the author within the fin-de-siècle culture and society in Britain and Europe. Appendices contain additional works that reflect Crackanthorpe’s perspective on fiction and contemporary literary trends."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Hubert Crackanthorpe – Career and Reception -- Further Reading -- A Hubert Crackanthorpe Chronology -- A Note on the Text -- Series Editor’s Preface -- WRECKAGE: SEVEN STUDIES -- PROFILES -- A CONFLICT OF EGOISMS -- THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE -- DISSOLVING VIEW -- A DEAD WOMAN -- WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK -- EMBERS -- Appendices -- A note on the appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 Reticence in Literature: Some Roundabout Remarks -- Appendix 3 ‘The Haseltons’ -- Appendix 4 ‘The White Maize’ -- Appendix 5 From Vignettes: A Miniature Journal of Whim and Sentiment -- Appendix 6 ‘The Rendezvous’ (Le Rendez-vous) -- Appendix 7 ‘Jeanne-Marie’