Hubert Crackanthorpe: Selected Writings

Hubert Crackanthorpe (1870–1896) made a critically significant contribution to the evolution of the modernist short story in Britain. His unexplained death in Paris at the age of 26 cut short a highly promising literary career.

Crackanthorpe’s collections of short stories – the strikingly realist Wreckage (1893), the psychologically complex Sentimental Studies (1895), and the posthumous Last Studies (1897) – together with the prose poems of Vignettes (1896), were much admired by Henry James and his contemporaries, Dowson, Johnson, and Symons, as the work of a leading, innovative writer of critical Decadence. Indeed, his stories combine an unrelenting realism with a conscious aestheticizing of their often troubling, bleak subject matter.

As co-editor of the short-lived periodical The Albermarle and campaigning literary journalist, Crackanthorpe was a key critical participant in central literary and artistic debates of the early 1890s: ‘facts’ versus ‘effects’ in literature; the efficacy of realism/ naturalism; questions of taste, ‘reticence’ and the handling of controversial subject matter.

This fully annotated, critical text comprises the most extensive collection to date of Crackanthorpe’s writing. As well as uncollected stories, the volume includes a short story never previously published in book form. This edition also contains a selection of Crackanthorpe’s critical writings and a bibliographical survey of his work.

William Greenslade is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Emanuela Ettorre is Associate Professor of English at the University ‘G. d’Annunzio’, Chieti-Pescara.

See news item: Crackanthorpe's Travels (9 November 2020)

Reviews:

‘This is an informative, comprehensive, and detailed introduction to Crackanthorpe for those who know little about him. It is an illuminating companion edition for those already familiar with his dark vision of life in the 1890s, which his own life trajectory so much resembled.’ — Jad Adams, Volupté 5.1, 2022, 98–102 (full text online)
‘A much-needed edition that successfully presents the range and importance of Crackanthorpe’s writing... Overall, Selected Writings is an accessible introduction to Crackanthorpe that makes proper consideration of his work alongside others of the ‘Tragic Generation’ possible. Highly recommended.’ — Jessica Gossling, Modern Language Review 118.4, October 2023, 604-06 (full text online)

Contents:

vii-viii	Acknowledgements William Greenslade, Emanuela Ettorre doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.3	Cite
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1-33	Introduction Life, Contexts, and Criticism William Greenslade doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.4	Cite
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34-64	the Stories and the Prose Poems Emanuela Ettorre doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.5	Cite
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65-69	Select Bibliography William Greenslade, Emanuela Ettorre doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.6	Cite
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70-71	A Note On the Text and Editorial Decisions William Greenslade, Emanuela Ettorre doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.7	Cite
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72-76	A Crackanthorpe Chronology William Greenslade, Emanuela Ettorre doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.8	Cite
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79-100	Profiles Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.9	Cite
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101-121	A Conflict of Egoisms Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.10	Cite
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122-124	The Struggle for Life Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.11	Cite
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125-129	Dissolving View Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.12	Cite
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130-145	A Dead Woman Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.13	Cite
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146-152	Embers Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.14	Cite
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154-182	A Commonplace Chapter — I Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.15	Cite
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182-202	A Commonplace Chapter — II Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.16	Cite
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203-232	Battledore and Shuttlecock Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.17	Cite
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233-255	In Cumberland Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.18	Cite
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256-261	Modern Melodrama Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.19	Cite
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262-264	Lisa-La-Folle Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.20	Cite
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265-270	Etienne Mattou Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.21	Cite
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272-294	Anthony Garstin’s Courtship Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.22	Cite
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295-306	Trevor Perkins A Platonic Episode Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.23	Cite
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307-352	The Turn of the Wheel Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.24	Cite
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354-363	He Wins Who Loses Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.25	Cite
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364-369	A Latter-Day Highwayman (An Adventure in Miniature) Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.26	Cite
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370-374	A Fellside Tragedy Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.27	Cite
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376-377	Ascension Day at Arles Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.28	Cite
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377-377	In the Basque Country May 23 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.29	Cite
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377-378	In the Landes May May 27 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.30	Cite
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378-378	On Chelsea Embankment June 26 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.31	Cite
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379-379	Our Lady of the Lane Sept. 17 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.32	Cite
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379-379	Paris in October October 4 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.33	Cite
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379-380	La Côte D’or from the Train October 6 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.34	Cite
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380-380	Lausanne October 7 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.35	Cite
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380-381	In the Campo Santo at Perugia November 1 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.36	Cite
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381-381	Sunrise Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.37	Cite
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381-381	In Richmond Park Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.38	Cite
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382-382	New Year’s Eve December 31 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.39	Cite
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382-382	In St. James’s Park January 15 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.40	Cite
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382-383	In the Strand January 27 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.41	Cite
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383-385	Rêverie April 15 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.42	Cite
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385-386	Enfantillage April 23 Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.43	Cite
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388-394	Realism in France and in England: An Interview with M. Emile Zola (1892) Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.44	Cite
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395-395	Mr. Vizetelly and Literary Freedom (1894) Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.45	Cite
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396-406	Reticence in Literature: Some Roundabout Remarks (1894) Hubert Crackanthorpe doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.46	Cite
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408-416	Crackanthorpe’s Writings Selected for this Edition: A Bibliographical Survey William Greenslade, Emanuela Ettorre doi:10.2307/j.ctv18zhfbc.47	Cite
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