Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York)

Description

This definitive, annotated edition of Maggie is based on Crane's original 1893 text and provides instructors with everything they need to teach the work in its historical and cultural context. Over 175 pages of documents are organized into thematic units on late-nineteenth and turn of the century American society to give the reader a context for Maggie. The various chapters in this edition cover topics such as tenement life; shops, saloons, concert-halls; working women from the perspectives of others; working women tell their own stories; prostitution; realism; and slum fiction. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Introduction: Cultural and Historical Background....Pages 3-23 Chronology of Crane’s Life and Times....Pages 24-33 A Note on the Text....Pages 34-35 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York)....Pages 36-94 Front Matter....Pages 95-96 In Darkest New York....Pages 97-194 The Plight of the Working Woman....Pages 195-262 “The Painted Cohorts”....Pages 263-301 Realism and Beyond....Pages 302-369 Back Matter....Pages 370-374