The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction
by Stephen Crane, George Stade, Richard Fusco
The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction by Stephen Crane, George Stade, Richard Fusco holds a well received rating of 3.64 out of 5, based on 25.1K reader ratings. First published in 1895. The book spans 240 pages.
About The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction
The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction, by Stephen Crane, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Young Henry Fleming dreams of finding glory and honor as a Union soldier in the American Civil War. Yet he also harbors a hidden fear about how he may react when the horror and bloodshed of battle begin. Fighting the enemy without and the terror within, Fleming must prove himself and find his own meaning of valor. Unbelievable as it may seem, Stephen Crane had never been a member of any army nor had taken part in any battle when he wrote The Red Badge of Courage. But upon its publication in 1895, when Crane was only twenty-four, Red Badge was heralded as a new kind of war novel, marked by astonishing insight into the true psychology of men under fire. Along with the seminal short stories included in this volume—“The Open Boat,” “The Veteran,” and “The Men in the Storm”—The Red Badge of Courage unleashed Crane’s deeply influential impressionistic style.Richard Fusco has been an Assistant Professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia since 1997. A specialist in nineteenth-century American literature and in short-story narrative theory, he has published on a variety of American, British, and Continental literary figures.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Stephen Crane, George Stade, Richard Fusco |
| Published | 1895 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Genres | Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Fantasy |
| Average Rating | 3.64 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 25,090 |
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The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction is categorized as Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History. Its primary genre classification is Fantasy.
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Based on 25.1K reader ratings, The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction has an average score of 3.64 out of 5.00, which is considered "Well Received."
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The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction has 240 pages.
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The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction was written by Stephen Crane, George Stade, Richard Fusco. It was first published in 1895.
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The ISBN-13 for The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction is 9781593081200.0.
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