Paul Sorrentino is the Clifford A. Cutchins III Professor of English at Virginia Tech.
Sorrentino's authoritative and sympathetic portrait revives
a 'bohemian rebel' and prolific, groundbreaking writer.--Kirkus
Reviews (04/01/2014)
As interesting as the man was, writing about Crane's life is a
challenge. He was famously secretive about himself, leaving few
letters behind and no journal...With two books on Crane already
under his belt, no author is better placed to navigate this maze
than Sorrentino...On balance it's a valuable corrective to
previous accounts.-- (06/15/2014)
Sorrentino transports readers to the intensely personal
battlefields that test Crane's artistic sincerity while exposing
his desperation and loneliness...A revealing portrait, sweeping
away the illusions surrounding an enigmatic genius.--Bryce
Christensen"Booklist (starred review)" (05/01/2014)
[Sorrentino's] Life of Fire is significant in
advancing our understanding of Crane, an enigmatic literary
prodigy...[An] encyclopedic biography of Crane.--Anthony
Splendora"New Jersey Herald" (06/05/2015)
[Sorrentino's] book offers the most comprehensive picture to
date, and it enables us to piece together a new Stephen Crane: a
figure as driven to prove his manhood as Jack London; as plaintive
about his broken faith as Herman Melville; and as ironic about his
personal self, and as recklessly disinclined to take conventional
sexual morals seriously, as Oscar Wilde.--Caleb Crain"New Yorker"
(06/30/2014)
[A] sturdy new life of Crane...Sorrentino is
perceptive.--Jay Parini"Literary Review" (06/01/2014)
Evocative...Sorrentino's biography gives us Crane in fact
and tone...Sorrentino tracks Stephen Crane's life with lively
precision...Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire skillfully
amplifies our knowledge of a singular American artist and his
brief, uncompromising life.--Jayne Anne Phillips"New York Times
Book Review" (08/01/2014)
Stephen Crane seemed elusive to his contemporaries, and he proved
equally elusive to generations of biographers. At last, Paul
Sorrentino has produced a scrupulously reliable biography that
is also wonderfully concise and colorful. It will stand for the
foreseeable future as the definitive account of Crane's
life.--Michael Robertson, author of Stephen Crane, Journalism,
and the Making of Modern American Literature
What Sorrentino has meticulously pieced together is a
remarkable portrait of a writer whose concern for social justice
often collided with his inability to realistically discern how
physically punishing his adventures would be.--Mark
Athitakis"Kirkus Reviews" (07/04/2014)
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