The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage

Author: Stephen Crane

Publisher: Broadview Press

Published: 2014-12-19

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1770485406

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The story of a young soldier, Henry Fleming, who flees a Civil War battle, The Red Badge of Courage has been celebrated for its depiction of both the physical action of battle and the protagonist’s internal struggle. Despite the precise and vivid descriptions of the scenes of battle in his fiction, Stephen Crane was not born until six years after the war had ended and never saw military service. His novel altered the tradition of war literature in its naturalistic emphasis on a single, ordinary man facing the horrors of battle. This edition includes an important new introduction by James Nagel, author of the book Stephen Crane and Literary Impressionism and former president of the Stephen Crane Society. Historically significant reviews and commentary from the publication of the novel in 1895 are included, along with the deleted Chapter 12 from the novel. The short story “The Veteran,” in which the protagonist appears as an elderly man, is also included.

New Essays on The Red Badge of Courage
New Essays on The Red Badge of Courage

Author: Lee Clark Mitchell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1986-11-28

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780521315128

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First published in 1895, The Red Badge of Courage found immediate success and brought its author immediate fame. In his introduction to this volume, Lee Clark Mitchell discusses how Crane broke with the conventions of both fiction and journalism to create a uniquely 'disruptive' prose style. The five essays that follow each explore different aspects of the novel. One studies the problem of establishing the authentic text; another examines it as a war novel; a third considers it as a critique of the rising mood of militant imperialism in the 1890s; a fourth focuses on the double perspective of the novel - its shift between the hero's perspective and a larger, 'cosmic' one; and the final essay examines the novel's deconstruction of courage/cowardice. Written in a highly accessible style, these essays represent the best of recent scholarship and provide students with a useful introduction to this major novel.

Study Guide to The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Study Guide to The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Author: Intelligent Education

Publisher: Influence Publishers

Published: 2020-02-15

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1645424073

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, the supreme example of Crane’s war stories. As a novel set during the American Civil War, The Red Badge of Courage is known for realism and naturalism. Moreover, the novel sets itself apart from other war novels as it focuses on the thoughts and experiences of the protagonist, instead of the outside world. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Crane’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

The Poetics of Myth
The Poetics of Myth

Author: Eleazar M. Meletinsky

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-21

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 1135599068

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage

Author: Donald B. Gibson

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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Gibson considers the relation of this novel's subject, themes, and style to its historical context. Discusses nature imagery and the frequent comparisons of human characters and actions to those of animals.

Interpretation and Genre
Interpretation and Genre

Author: Thomas Kent

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780838750889

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Kent proposes a general theory of genre classification arid applies this genetic model to American fiction written during the last half of the nineteenth century. Combining theory and application, Kent attempts to demonstrate that what we say about texts is related directly to our generic perception of them.

Myth and Literature
Myth and Literature

Author: John B. Vickery

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1969-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780803252080

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This collection of thirty-four major essays devoted to the theories, methods, and problems of myth criticism offers a convenient and substantial introduction to one of the most distinctive trends in contemporary literary study. The essays (many of them previously uncollected) are arranged to lead from general considerations to analyses of specific authors. The four Part I selections constitute an informal survey of the views of myth and ritual taken by disciplines other than literature. In Part II the first six essays relate the concept of myth and ritual to general literary theory, while the final three evaluate the uses of myth in critical theory and practice. The twenty-one Part III essays, which apply myth criticism to individual literary works or authors, afford a representative sampling of the mythopoeic patterns discerned in literature from Home to Faulkner. Among the contributors are: David Bidney, Gäza R¢heim, Joseph Campbell, Clyde Kluckhohn, Stanley Hyman, Philip Wheelwright, Richard Chase, Harold Watts, Northrop Frye, Andrew Lytle, Philip Rahv, Francis Fergusson, Marvin Magalaner, John Lydenberg, and Harry Slochower.