This Merrill Literary Casebook edition presents Stephen Crane’s classic short story The Blue Hotel alongside critical essays and commentary exploring its themes, style, symbolism, and place in American literature. Set at an isolated Nebraska hotel, Crane’s tense tale follows a frightened traveler whose growing paranoia helps set a chain of violence in motion. Edited by Joseph Katz, this volume offers both the original story and scholarly perspectives for readers interested in a deeper study of Crane’s work
