Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

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"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is a pioneering American naturalist novella that starkly portrays poverty, urban life, and moral hypocrisy in New York's Bowery slums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
naturalist fiction
novella
adaptation stage adaptations
approximateLength novella-length
author Stephen Crane
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception initially limited due to private printing
later recognized as a classic of American literature
depicts New York Bowery slums
religious hypocrisy
social stigma
working-class life
firstPublisher Irving Bacheller
genre naturalism
realism
includedIn Stephen Crane collections
initialPublicationType privately printed
literaryMovement American naturalism
literarySignificance one of the first American naturalist works
pioneering depiction of urban slum life
mainCharacter Jimmie Johnson
Maggie Johnson
Mary Johnson
Pete
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
portrays double standards regarding female sexuality
environmental influence on character
lack of social mobility
publicationYear 1893
revisedEditionYear 1896
settingLocation Bowery
New York City
settingTimePeriod late 19th century
subjectMatter fate of a young woman in the slums
theme alcoholism
family dysfunction
moral hypocrisy
poverty
prostitution
social determinism
urban life
violence
tone grim
naturalistic

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Stephen Crane notableWork Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Stephen Crane wrote Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
The Black Riders and Other Lines precededBy Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Naturalism hasKeyWork Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
subject surface form: Naturalism (literature)