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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4 EAN: 9781561381159 Edition: 2nd ISBN: 1561381152 Label: Running Press Manufacturer: Running Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 123 Publication Date: 1992-03 Publisher: Running Press Studio: Running Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A solid war novelThe Red Badge of Courage is told through the perspective of a young man from the North named Henry Fleming or "the youth" as Crane calls him often. Reluctantly sent on his way from a small farm in the North, Henry excitedly signs up for the army and is eager to fight his first battle against the South. Henry finds out a lot about himself and matures quite a bit from the first battle. During the first battle, Henry flees the fight and is ashamed of himself for a while. Henry then gathers up the strength ... Read More Rating: - Good condition but very late arrivingThe book was in good condition and well wrapped but was so late arriving it was a bit ridiculous. Rating:  - THE BOOK NEEDS MORE ENERGY LIKE THIS! YEAH!Don't be deceived by this book's length - although The Red Badge of Courage is a short book (written by Stephen Crane in ten days), the depth it goes into easily surpasses novels of greater lengths. Crane fills this novel with ironies and color symbolisms throughout the course of the war, which can be easily overlooked. At 129 pages, this novel covers young Henry Fleming's enlistment, training, desertion, and three days of battle. Despite the short span of time the book records, it depicts Henry entering ... Read More Rating:  - Flashing, ironic colors in proseCrane has a weird, impressionist writing style showing the battle fields of the American Civil War as seen through the eyes of Pvt. Henry Flemming. Unlike all the other editions, Crane's story is fully restored here in this W. W. NORTON edition, republished for the first time since 1889, with Crane's complete exploration of why a person acts courageously in war. This is the only edition of the complete novel before editors got their hands on it. Rating: - The Horrors of War engage the Innocence of LifeWhat can one truly say about an American Classic. It would be presumptuous on my part, at the very least, to analyze Mr. Crane's masterpiece after so many literary giants have already poked and prodded this novel of youth and war to ad nauseam. As a young boy in the early 1950s, I first read this novel and enjoyed the superficial battle narratives. Later as a college student in the 1960s, I again was treated to an analysis of this great work by a distinguished university professor. Needless ... Read More 
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