Maggie, a girl of the streets
Subtitle: a story of New York
By: Stephen Crane ; edited by Kevin J. Hayes.
Contributors: Hayes, Kevin J.
Series: Bedford cultural editions
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Slums -- Fiction; Poor women -- Fiction; Prostitutes -- Fiction; Poor families -- Fiction; Suicide victims -- Fiction; Prostitution -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; Sources.
Description: This edition of Maggie reprints Crane's original, unexpurgated 1893 text and includes many additional contemporary documents chosen to help reconstruct the historical, cultural, and social milieu of late-nineteenth-century America.

A general introduction providing cultural and historical background, a chronology of Stephen Crane's life and times, an introduction to each thematic group of documents, headnotes, extensive annotations, illustrations, and a selected bibliography make this a definitive scholarly edition of Crane's classic short novel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-374).
Includes historical documents and passages from other publications contemporary with the featured work.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Maggie, a girl of the streets (a story of New York) : the complete text; title: Pt. 2. Maggie, a girl of the streets (a story of New York) : cultural contexts.