The Red Badge of Courage
by:
Stephen Crane (author)
Small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern fiction. Amid the nightmarish chaos of a Civil War battle, a young soldier discovers courage, humility, and, perhaps, wisdom. Widely praised for uncanny re-creation of the sights, sounds, and sense of actual combat. An enduring...
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Small masterpiece set the pattern for the treatment of war in modern fiction. Amid the nightmarish chaos of a Civil War battle, a young soldier discovers courage, humility, and, perhaps, wisdom. Widely praised for uncanny re-creation of the sights, sounds, and sense of actual combat. An enduring landmark of American fiction.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486264653 (0486264653)
ASIN: 486264653
Publish date: July 1st 1990
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
War,
Military,
Military History,
Civil War
Today's book is a classic that I have wanted to read for quite some time but never got around to...until now. Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage covers the American Civil War from the point of view of a Union soldier. It's the gritty portrayal of life at the front and just what it's like to la...
Beautifully written, although quite gruesome at times.
I remember reading this in high school. It's good, but I wouldn't say it's a "must read."
I remember reading this in high school. It's good, but I wouldn't say it's a "must read."
Interesting from a literary and historical standpoint, but dull to the modern reader in many ways.
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