Can anyone help Professor Sorrentino ??
John R
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From: "Paul Sorrentino" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 11:08 PM
Subject: Kipling and Stephen Crane
> Because I am currently writing a biography of Stephen Crane, I was
> interested to find a note in Pinney's LETTERS OF RK, vol. 3., p. 21, that
> one of Caroline Kipling's diaries says that Kipling and Crane met in New
> York City on 25 April 1896. Although I plan to write the University of
> Sussex to see if I can get a copy of the appropriate passage in the diary,
> I was wondering if you knew of any other connection between the two
> authors. Crane mentioned him a couple of times in his letters, and Crane
> heard a rumor saying that Kipling carried Crane's novel MAGGIE back to
> England with him in his pocket. Kipling was also asked to finish Crane's
> last novel, THE O'RUDDY; thus there was some sort of connection between
the
> two.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you at your convenience.
>
> Paul Sorrentino
> Professor, English
> Virginia Tech
>
>
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