On the Cusp: Stephen Crane, George Bellows, and Modernism (Amer Lit Realism & Naturalism)

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Review “This book argues that ‘residual forms’ such as the sketch, the anecdote, the aphorism, and the cliché, as used by Crane and Bellows, signal an approach toward modernism that never quite tumbles over the edge into becoming modernism—hence their position ‘on the cusp.’ . . . Among the strengths of the book are its fresh readings of visual and structural qualities in Crane’s and Bellows’s works, such as those that inform the discussion of “A Broken-Down Van” and Bellows’s The Lone Tenement. Fagg’s perspective should reinvigorate the critical discussion of style and structure in art by both men.”—Donna Campbell, author of Resisting Regionalism: Gender and Naturalism in American Fiction, 1885-1915“I am impressed with Professor Fagg’s ability to master scholarship in two separate fields, art and literature. His analysis of Crane’s and Bellows’s work, as well as others such as Edward Hopper, is astute with penetrating insights.”—Paul Sorrentino, editor of Stephen Crane Remembered Read more About the Author John Fagg is Lecturer at the School of American and Canadian Studies, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Read more

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Gripping. Utterly gripping. A must read for fans of Bellows and Crane.

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