The Red Badge of Courage
by:
Stephen Crane (author)
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The story of a young soldier's quest for manhood during the American Civil War. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology of the author's life and...
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ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP The story of a young soldier's quest for manhood during the American Civil War. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology of the author's life and work • A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context • An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations • Detailed explanatory notes • Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9781416500254 (1416500251)
Publish date: May 1st 2005
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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.