red badge of courage

An adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel in which a young Union soldier matures to manhood during his service in the Civil War and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about battle. Includes review questions for students.

Presents adapted selections from Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" and reproducible comprehension and vocabulary activity sheets.

Contains fourteen essays on the novel, a chronology, an updated bibliography, unpublished manuscript passages, and discarded chapter XII.

Presents twentieth-century critical essays on Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

A guide to reading "The Red Badge of Courage" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.

Contains over forty primary documents that provide insight into the historical context in which Stephen Crane's Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage" was written.

Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Stephen Crane's novel, The Red Badge of Courage, which was published in 1893 when the Civil War was still fresh in the public mind.

Essays explore various aspects of the novel, including its unique prose style and the shift between the hero's perspective and a larger "cosmic" one.

Presents eight critical essays and interpretations of Crane's novel about the Civil War.