The Red Badge of Courage (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Stephen Crane
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An instant international bestseller when first published in 1895, Stephen Crane's fictional narrative recounts one soldier's experiences during the American Civil War (1860-1865). The Red Badge of Courage is a psychological portrait of fear. By turns gripping, lyrical, and deeply sensitive, the book chronicles the repercussions of war on the individual and collective psyche. Rather than describing battles and military campaigns, or settling the true cause of this devastating conflict, Crane brings to life the unimaginable for today's readers. Written before Crane had become a celebrity war correspondent and seen battle firsthand, the book set the standard for realistic war literature for a century to come. This literary tour de force exposes the tragic irony of war as experienced by common soldiers rather than generals and bystanders. Includes an afterword by Amy Kaplan and a detail biographical timeline.
Book Details
Publisher: Warbler Classics
Publish Date: Mar 6th, 2024
Pages: 144
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.34in - 0.49lb
EAN: 9781962572545
Categories: • Classics• War & Military
About the Author
Crane, Stephen: - Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, and journalist. He is the author of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893), The Red Badge of Courage (1895), a collection of poetry, The Black Riders (1895), and other books. He died at twenty-eight of tuberculosis.
Kaplan, Amy: - Amy Kaplan (1953-2020) was the Edward W. Kane Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. A past president of the American Studies Association, her widely influential and transformative writings focus on the cultures of imperialism, comparative perspective on the American novel, memory, and war.
Praise for this book
"There was no real literature of our Civil War...until Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage."
-Ernest Hemingway
"As to 'masterpiece, ' there is no doubt that The Red Badge of Courage is that."