Hubert Crackanthorpe, Wreckage: Seven Studies - (Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts) by David Malcolm (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Hubert 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. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A scholarly edition of a neglected and provocative masterpiece of the fin-de-siècle avant-garde</p></strong> <ul> <li>Offers a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of Crackanthorpe's first volume of short stories</li> <li>Contextualizes the volume in terms of Crackanthorpe's other work, in terms of contemporary writers and fin-de-siècle culture and society in Britain and Europe</li> <li>Includes two non-fiction pieces by Crackanthorpe, which he published in <em>Albemarle</em> and <em>The Yellow Book</em> in 1892 and 1894</li> <li>Contains an uncollected short story The Haseltons, which Crackanthorpe published in <em>The Yellow Book</em> in 1894 </li></ul> <p>Hubert 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 <i>fin-de-siècle</i> culture and society in Britain and Europe. Appendices contain additional works that reflect Crackanthorpe's perspective on fiction and contemporary literary trends.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>A scholarly edition of a neglected and provocative masterpiece of the fin-de-siècle avant-garde Hubert 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. David Malcolm is Professor of English at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>David Malcolm is Professor of English at SWPS University in Warsaw. He has published many books and articles, including <i>On John Berger: Telling Stories</i>, edited by Ralf Hertel and David Malcolm (Brill Rodopi, 2016), <i>The British and Irish Short Story Handbook</i> (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) and <i>A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story</i>, edited by Cheryl Alexander Malcolm and David Malcolm (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008).<p>
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