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War IS Kind (collection)

By Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

Published in 1899, just a year before his death, \Nor Is Kind by Stephen Crane evol<es again the darl< innagery of war which nnade his fortune in The Red Badge Of Courage. Unlil<e that bool<, this collection leaves the battlefield itself behind to explore the dannage war does to people's hearts and nninds. Reeking of dashed hopes, sinnultaneously synnpathetic with the victinns of war and cynical about the purposes of war. Crane innplicitly criticizes the innage of the ronnantic hero and asks if Love can survive.

The poetic voice is one of an old and wearied soul, stark and disillusioned, which is all the nnore intriguing since Crane was dead before he reached his 30th birthday. His work calls to nnind the Beat Poets of the nnid-20th century in its powerful use of language and bleak idionnatic landscape. It is poetry on the cusp of the fin de siecle; echoing the passing age and presaging the newborn century. (Sunnnnary by Chip)

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Read by Chip. Total running time: 00:29:06

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Cover picture by McPherson & Oliver, taken between 1863 & 1864. Author picture taken 1897. Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU and all countries with author's life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Janette Brown. This design is in the public domain.

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