A war novel or military fiction is a novel about war. It is a novel in which the primary action takes place on a battlefield, or in a civilian setting, where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for, suffering the effects of, or recovering from war. Many war novels are historical novels.
Battle of Waterloo 1815
Battle of Britain (1941), Paul Nash
Bomb damage in London, England during World War II
South Korean refugees mid-1950
Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation.
Formal portrait of Stephen Crane, about March 1896
Cadet Crane in uniform at the age of 17
Stephen Crane (front row, center) sits with baseball teammates on the steps of the Hall of Languages, Syracuse University, 1891. (Photo courtesy of the SU Special Collections Research Center)
A steam train on the Third Avenue El over the Bowery in 1896