Edinburgh University Press Hubert Crackanthorpe, Wreckage: Seven Studies (Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth Century Texts)

Hubert Crackanthorpe was a skilful and technically innovative English realist/naturalist writer. This edition of his powerful first collection of short stories features a carefully contextualised introduction to the author and his work. Providing a detailed analysis of his short stories, David Malcolm situates the author within the fin-de-siecle culture and society in Britain and Europe. Appendices contain additional works that reflect Crackanthorpe's perspective on fiction and contemporary literary trends. From the Back Cover A scholarly edition of a neglected and provocative masterpiece of the fin-de-siècle avant-garde Hubert Crackanthorpe was a skilful and technically innovative English realist/naturalist writer. This edition of his powerful first collection of short stories features a carefully contextualised introduction to the author and his work. Providing a detailed analysis of his short stories, David Malcolm situates the author within the fin-de-siècle culture and society in Britain and Europe. Appendices contain additional works that reflect Crackanthorpe's perspective on fiction and contemporary literary trends. David Malcolm is Professor of English at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. About the Author David Malcolm is Professor of English at SWPS University in Warsaw.