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The Crane Log: A Documentary Life of Stephen Crane, 1871-1900 (American Authors Log) [Hardcover]

Stanley Wertheim (Author), Paul M. Sorrentino (Author), William Paterson College (Author)

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Hardcover: 500 pages
Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company (December 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816172927
ISBN-13: 978-0816172924
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,473,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very best author logs, October 6, 1999

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This review is from: Crane Log: A Documentary Life of Stephen Crane, 1871-1900 (Paperback)

Some of the above reviews seem to be totally uninformed about the nature of author logs. A log is a documentary life. It is often a useful reference book for those interested in the literary career of a writer hitherto shrouded in obscurity, myth, apocryphal misinformation and overdetermined criticism. There are consqeuntly fine documentary lives of such authors as Melville, Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe. The Crane Log is perhaps the best of these. Although it is written as a reference book, it reads like a biography. The comment by one reviewer that the authors are interested in establishing their reputations is absurd. Stanley Wertheim is the dean of Stephen Crane scholars, and Paul Sorrentino ranks among the leading Crane critics of his generation.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a trustworthy biography of Crane, December 5, 1999

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This review is from: The Crane Log: A Documentary Life of Stephen Crane, 1871-1900 (American Authors Log) (Hardcover)

The Crane Log is a wonderful book which I have been reading over the past few days. I am surprised by the many underserved poor reviews this book has gotten. It must be stressed that this is a reference work, and one that is probably best read in snatches, and not in chronological order. includes day by day accounts, including fascinating liberal excerpts from memoirs of the people who knew him that allows you to form your own conception of Crane as he lived. For the first time we have a biographical work of Crane that is free of the fictions of Crane's first biographer, Thomas Beer. That is not something to grouse about.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Only accurate Crane biography, October 8, 1999

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This documentary life of Stephen Crane is the ony book that attempts to locate persons and events in Stephen Crane's literary career accurately and objectively, avoiding the apocryphal stories and thesis-ridden interpretations that have plagued Crane biography. A must for anyone with an interest in this important American author.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Authority on Stephen Crane's Life
This text, a thorough listing of dates and events pivotal in the life of American author Stephen Crane, is the most comprehensive and uncorrupted catalog of the author. Read more

Published on August 10, 2005 by Jeffery Johannes

1.0 out of 5 stars More fiction than fact
It seems to me that much of this material is made up by the author. I could not understand how private facts of Crane's life would be known in this way. Read more

Published on June 13, 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Helpful...Except to go to Sleep
Stephen Crane wrote some great books and lead a fascinating life, but this day to day rehash of every trivial detail with none of the excitement of this great author's life is... Read more

Published on November 21, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential work on a major American author
Following in the footsteps of Jay Leda's pioneering A Melville Log and the Days and Hours of Emily Dickinson, Wertheim and Sorrentino have established an impeccably detailed and... Read more

Published on October 6, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written
Avoid this book unless you REALLY need it and hate good literature. This author has difficulty writing a paragraph that won't put you and three other people in the room sound... Read more

Published on October 3, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Ponderous and Overblown
The authors take a pedantic look at the life of this interesting author. But they seem to be more interested in establishing themselves as scholars than in honestly evaluating... Read more

Published on July 29, 1999

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