Outstanding, in-depth scholarship by renowned literary critics. A great starting point for students seeking an introduction to The Red Badge of Courage and the critical discussions surrounding it.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
About This Volume.
1: The Book and Author.
2: On The Red Badge of Courage.
3: Biography of Stephen Crane.
4: The Paris Review Perspective.
Critical Contexts.
5: The Red Badge of Courage in the Context of the 1890s.
6: The Red Badge of Courage: Criticism and Commentary.
7: The Red Badge of Courage and the Existential Nature of Combat.
8: The Unmistakable Stephen Crane.
Critical Readings.
9: The Red Badge of Courage: The Purity of War.
10: “That Was at Chancellorsville”: The Factual Framework of The Red Badge of Courage.
11: Content and Style in The Red Badge of Courage.
12: Epistemological Uncertainty in The Red Badge of Courage.
13: Subjectivism and The Red Badge of Courage.
14: From Romance to Reality: The Accomplishment of Private Fleming.
15: The Red Badge of Courage: Text, Theme, and Form.
16: Humor and Insight Through Fallacy in Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
17: The Imagery of The Red Badge of Courage.
18: The Imagery of The Red Badge of Courage.
19: Insensibility in The Red Badge of Courage.
20: Depersonalization and the Dream in The Red Badge of Courage.
21: Violence as Ritual and Apocalypse.
22: Reading “Race” and “Gender” in Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.
