THE NOTEBOOK OF STEPHEN CRANE - Edited by Donald J. Greiner and Ellen B. Greiner

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Introduction to an edited collection titled THE NOTEBOOK OF STEPHEN CRANE, presenting the publication history of Stephen Crane’s notebook material discovered after long uncertainty. Edwin Mitchell announced the notebook’s existence in 1935, while later scholarship by R.W. Stallman and E.R. Hagemann printed sketches and related pieces from the previously unknown source. The text emphasizes why photocopy transcriptions created errors in “The Art Student’s League Building” and “Matinee Girls,” noting punctuation, spelling, and word-sequence differences when compared with direct manuscript examination.

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CategoryLiterature

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Pages108

Reading Time2 h 46 min

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Introduction

Publication history and discovery

Editorial methods and transcription errors

U Nov # LEYFRGELLCOLEG PRHYSGOLCYMRUTHE LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALESABERYSTWYTH TELEPEN LLYFRGELL Hugh Owen LIBRARY Dychweler y llyf:hwn erbyny dyddiad diwethafa nodir isod neu cyn hynny.Os gofynnu amyllyfrau gan ddarlienydd arall yna gllir eu galw n o. This Book should be returned before or or thelast date stamped below.Books are liable to berecalled if required by another reader. 15.Br.15.0.88826.FEB.1988=1.MAR.19907 DEC 189uuer 23 MAR 19309827.1 27. 20. 2DEC1993 19.JA 6.DE.1995Coleg Priysgol Cymru-6.fRB 1296AberystwythThe University College of Wales L 75 8060111775 75° # THE NOTEBOOK OF STEPHEN CRANE THE NOTEBOOK OFSTEP HEN CR A NE Edited by Donald J.Greiner and Ellen B.Greiner A JOHN COOK WYLLIE MEMORIAL PUBLICATION Copyright I96g byThe Bibliographical Societyof the University of Virginia Library of Congress CatalogCard Number 68-556I3Printed in theUnited States of America Edwin Mitchell announced in I935 the existence of aStephen Crane Notebook¹which Crane probably keptduring his I892-I894 sojurn in New York,but its con-tents remained a mystery until I956.In that year R.W.Stallman printed in the Bulletin of the New York PublicLibrary two complete sketches and part of a third fromthe previously unknown material in the Notebook,²thena part of the Clifton Waller Barrett Collection nowhoused in the University of Virginia Library.One of thesketches published in the Bulletin,"Heard on the StreetElection Night,"and most of the others in the Notebookformed early drafts for material which Crane publishedbetween I894 and Igoo.In I966 Stallman and E.R.Hagemann gathered together these published pieces andprinted them in a collection of Crane's New York Citysketches.³Although the vast majority of the material intheir collection was previously published by Crane,twosketches from the Notebook,"The Art Student's LeagueBuilding”and "Matinee Girls,"were not.The Notebookremains the only known source for these additions to theCrane canon. # INTRODUCTION 1 Edwin Mitchell,Art of Authorship(I935).Reference from R.W.Stallman,Stephen Crane:An Omnibus(NewYork,I957),p.xxxii. 2“Matinee Girls,""Election Night:New York,""The Art Student's League,"and a short literary note.See Stallman,"Stephen Crane:Some New Stories,"Bulletin of the New York Public Li-brary,LX(September,I956),455-462.3The New York City Sketches ofStephen Crane and Related Pieces,ed.R.W.Stallman and E.R.Hagemann(New York,I966). Despite the value of both the I956 article and theI966 collection,neither offers a correct reading of “TheArt Student's League Building”or "Matinee Girls”be-cause these sketches are transcribed from photocopiesrather than from a direct examination of the originals inthe Notebook.The condition of the Notebook demandstranscription from the manuscript itself because thecheap paper pages are deteriorating and because Cranewrote in pencil.Stallman's use of photocopies for theI956 reproduction of “Matinee Girls”results in missedpunctuation,spelling,and word sequence.In the I966collection,Stallman and Hagemann failed to correctthese errors,evidently because they transferred the I956photocopy reproduction of “Matinee Girls”to their col-lection without examining the Notebook. The reproductions of “The Art Student's LeagueBuilding”create even greater confusion.Published onlypartially in I956,that transcription also misses punctua-tion and spelling.Although several of these minor punc-tuation errors were corrected when the complete sketchwas published in I966,new errors were made that were 4In the second sentence of"Mati-nee Girls,”for example,the I956 andthe I966 versions read,"To read ofthem,you would think they providedevery theatre in New York but really Idon't think them a very familiar type.”But Crane wrote,"To read of them,youwould think they crowded every theatrein New York but really I don't thinkthem a very familiar type.” vi

FAQs

Who announced the existence of the Stephen Crane Notebook and when?

Edwin Mitchell announced in 1935 the existence of a Stephen Crane Notebook.

Why do the 1956 and 1966 readings of “Matinee Girls” and “The Art Student’s League Building” differ from the originals?

They are transcribed from photocopies rather than from direct examination of the notebook originals, leading to missed punctuation, spelling, and word order errors.

What makes the notebook uniquely important for additions to the Crane canon?

The notebook remains the only known source for the additions, including the sketch material that was not previously published.

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