Editing Stephen Crane (section)

==Legacy==
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In four years, Crane published five novels, two volumes of poetry, three short story collections, two books of war stories, and numerous works of short fiction and reporting.<ref>Davis, p. 332</ref>  Today he is mainly remembered for ''The Red Badge of Courage''.  The novel has been adapted several times for the screen, including [[John Huston]]'s 1951 [[The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film)|version]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043961/ | title=The Red Badge of Courage (1951) | date=October 11, 1951 | access-date=July 21, 2008 | publisher=IMDb }}</ref>  By the time of his death, Crane had become one of the best known writers of his generation.  His eccentric lifestyle, frequent newspaper reporting, association with other famous authors, and [[expatriate]] status made him somewhat of an international celebrity.<ref>Weatherford, p. 2</ref>  Although most stories about his life tended toward the romantic, rumors about his alleged drug use and alcoholism persisted long after his death.<ref>Davis, p. 333</ref>

By the early 1920s, Crane and his work were nearly forgotten.  It was not until [[Thomas Beer]] published his biography in 1923, which was followed by editor [[Wilson Follett]]'s ''The Work of Stephen Crane'' (1925–1927), that Crane's writing came to the attention of a scholarly audience.<ref>Cazemajou, p. 5</ref>  Crane's reputation was then enhanced by writer friends such as Joseph Conrad, H. G. Wells and [[Ford Madox Ford]], all of whom either published recollections or commented upon their time with Crane.  [[John Berryman]]'s 1950 biography of Crane further established him as an important American author.  Since 1951 there has been a steady outpouring of articles, monographs and reprints in Crane scholarship.<ref>Cazemajou, p. 6</ref>

Today, Crane is considered one of the most innovative writers of the 1890s.<ref name="ben3">Benfey, p. 3</ref> His peers, including Conrad and James, as well as later writers such as [[Robert Frost]], [[Ezra Pound]] and [[Willa Cather]], hailed Crane as one of the finest creative spirits of his time.<ref>Knapp, p. 2</ref>  His work was described by Wells as "the first expression of the opening mind of a new period, or, at least, the early emphatic phase of a new initiative."<ref name="kna1">Knapp, p. 1</ref>  Wells said that "beyond dispute", Crane was "the best writer of our generation, and his untimely death was an irreparable loss to our literature."<ref>Davis, p. 334</ref>  Conrad wrote that Crane was an "artist" and "a seer with a gift for rendering the significant on the surface of things and with an incomparable insight into primitive emotions".<ref>Conrad, p. 123</ref>  Crane's work has proved inspirational for future writers; not only have scholars drawn similarities between Hemingway's ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]'' and ''The Red Badge of Courage'',<ref>Stallman, p. 176</ref> but Crane's fiction is thought to have been an important inspiration for Hemingway and his fellow [[Modernism|Modernists]].<ref>Robertson, p. 9</ref>  In 1936, Hemingway wrote in ''[[Green Hills of Africa]]'' that "The good writers are Henry James, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain."<ref>Gibson (1988), p. 14</ref>  Crane's poetry is thought to have been a precursor to the [[Imagism|Imagist]] movement,<ref>Hoffman, p. 63</ref> and his short fiction has also influenced American literature. "The Open Boat", "The Blue Hotel", ''The Monster'' and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" are generally considered by critics to be examples of Crane's best work.<ref>Weatherford, p. 27</ref>

Badenweiler and the house where he died became a tourist attraction; [[Alexander Woollcott]] attested to the fact that, long after Crane's death, tourists would be directed to the room where he died.<ref>Davis, p. 337</ref>  [[Columbia University]] Rare Book and Manuscript Library has a collection of Crane and Taylor's personal correspondence dating from 1895 to 1908.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/rare/guides/Crane,S/ | title=Stephen Crane Papers | access-date=August 7, 2008 | publisher=Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library }}</ref>  Near his brother Edmund's Sullivan County home in New York, where Crane stayed for a short time, a pond is named after him.<ref>Stallman, p. 113</ref>  The [[Stephen Crane House]] in [[Asbury Park, New Jersey]], where the author lived with his siblings for nine years, is operated as a museum dedicated to his life and work.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.asburyradio.com/Cranehouse.htm | title=The Stephen Crane House | access-date=August 3, 2008 | publisher=The Stephen Crane House }}</ref> Syracuse University has an annual Stephen Crane Lecture Series.

[[Columbia University]] purchased much of the Stephen Crane materials held by Cora Crane at her death. The Crane Collection is one of the largest in the nation of his materials.<ref name="columbia">[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol21/vol21_iss9/record2109.16.html "Stephen Crane's Life, Love are Chronicled"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908190843/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol21/vol21_iss9/record2109.16.html |date=September 8, 2015 }}, ''Columbia University Record'',  Vol. 21, No. 9, November 3, 1995, accessed July 5, 2014</ref>  Columbia University had an exhibit: '' 'The Tall Swift Shadow of a Ship at Night': Stephen and Cora Crane'', November 2, 1995 through February 16, 1996, about the lives of the couple, featuring letters and other documents and memorabilia.<ref name="columbia"/>