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by: Stephen Crane
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9780553210118
ISBN: 0553210114
Label: Bantam Classics
Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: April 01, 1981
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Release Date: March 01, 1981
Sales Rank: 535371
Studio: Bantam Classics
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
First published in 1895, America's greatest novel of the Civil War was written before 21-year-old Stephen Crane had 'smelled even the powder of a sham battle.' But this powerful psychological study of a young soldier's struggle with the horrors, both within and without, that war strikes the reader with its undeniable realism and with its masterful descriptions of the moment-by-moment riot of emotions felt by me under fire. Ernest Hemingway called the novel an American classic, and Crane's genius is as much apparent in his sharp, colorful prose as in his ironic portrayal of an episode of war so intense, so immediate, so real that the terror of battle becomes our own ... in a masterpiece so unique that many believe modern American fiction began with Stephen Crane.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A solid war novel
The Red Badge of Courage is told through the perspective of a young man from the North named Henry Fleming or "the youth" as Crane calls him often. Reluctantly sent on his way from a small farm in the North, Henry excitedly signs up for the army and is eager to fight his first battle against the South. Henry finds out a lot about himself and matures quite a bit from the first battle. During the first battle, Henry flees the fight and is ashamed of himself for a while. Henry then gathers up the strength ... Read More
Rating: - Good condition but very late arriving
The book was in good condition and well wrapped but was so late arriving it was a bit ridiculous.
Rating:  - THE BOOK NEEDS MORE ENERGY LIKE THIS! YEAH!
Don't be deceived by this book's length - although The Red Badge of Courage is a short book (written by Stephen Crane in ten days), the depth it goes into easily surpasses novels of greater lengths. Crane fills this novel with ironies and color symbolisms throughout the course of the war, which can be easily overlooked. At 129 pages, this novel covers young Henry Fleming's enlistment, training, desertion, and three days of battle. Despite the short span of time the book records, it depicts Henry entering ... Read More
Rating:  - Flashing, ironic colors in prose
Crane has a weird, impressionist writing style showing the battle fields of the American Civil War as seen through the eyes of Pvt. Henry Flemming. Unlike all the other editions, Crane's story is fully restored here in this W. W. NORTON edition, republished for the first time since 1889, with Crane's complete exploration of why a person acts courageously in war. This is the only edition of the complete novel before editors got their hands on it.
Rating: - The Horrors of War engage the Innocence of Life
What can one truly say about an American Classic. It would be presumptuous on my part, at the very least, to analyze Mr. Crane's masterpiece after so many literary giants have already poked and prodded this novel of youth and war to ad nauseam. As a young boy in the early 1950s, I first read this novel and enjoyed the superficial battle narratives. Later as a college student in the 1960s, I again was treated to an analysis of this great work by a distinguished university professor. Needless ... Read More
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