The Red Badge of Courage & "The Veteran"
$30.19
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2000
Summary
One of the greatest works of American literature, The Red Badge of Courage gazes fearlessly into the bright hell of war through the eyes of one young soldier, the reluctant Henry Fleming. Written by Stephen Crane at the age of twenty-one, the novel imagines the Civil War’s terror and loss with an unblinking vision so modern and revolutionary that, upon publication, critics hailed it as a work of literary genius. Ernest Hemingway declared, “There was no real literature of our Civil War … until Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage.“This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes the short story “The Veteran,” Crane’s tale of an aged Civil War soldier looking back at his past.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679783206 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679783202 |
| Author: | Stephen Crane, Shelby Foote |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 2000th |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 275g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
| Audience Age: | 10-13 |
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Critics Review
“As to ‘masterpiece,’ there is no doubt thatThe Red Badge of Courageis that.” –Joseph Conrad
“As to ‘masterpiece,’ there is no doubt that The Red Badge of Courage is that.”
–Joseph Conrad
Stephen Crane
Stephen Cranewas born in 1871, in Newark, New Jersey. He attempted college twice, the second time failing a theme-writing course while writing articles for newspapers such as theNew York Tribune.In 1892 Crane moved to the poverty of New York City’s Lower East Side-the Bowery so vividly depicted inMaggie- A Girl of the Streets. In 1894 the serial publication began ofThe Red Badge of Courage,his acclaimed and widely popular novel of a young soldier’s coming of age in the Civil War. He died in Germany at the age of twenty-eight,in June of 1900.Shelby Foote was an American historian and novelist. He was born on November 7, 1916, in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II he served as a captain of field artillery but never saw combat. After World War II he worked briefly for the Associated Press in their New York bureau. In 1953 he moved to Memphis, where he lived for the remainder of his life.Foote was the author of six novels-Tournament,Follow Me Down,Love in a Dry Season,Shiloh,Jordan County, andSeptember, September. He is best remembered for his 3-volume historyThe Civil War- A Narrative, which took twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featured expert in Ken Burns’ acclaimed PBS documentary, The Civil War. Over the course of his writing career, Foote was also awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.Shelby Foote died in 2005 at the age of 88.
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