THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE

作者 Stephen Crane
出版社 PENGUIN
出版时间 1994年6月第1版
ISBN 9780140620894
定价 25.00

内容简介

TwodaysoffightingonawoodlandbattlefieldarefocusedthroughtheexcitedsensesofarawUnionrecruit,HenryFleming.Dreamingofheroism,butshamefullydiscoveringhisownmortalfearofdangeranddeath-andoffearitself-hefleesfromhisfirstencounterwithConfederatetroops.Butwhenheisdrawnbackintothebattlehewinsbyaccidenthis'redbadge',thewoundthatsignifiesinitiationintomanhoodandpossessionofcouragetojointheworldofmen.TheRedBadgeofCourageconveyswithintenseimmediacythesenstaions,colours,feverandchaosofbattle.Itconcentratesontheexperienceofanindividualsoldier,anditisoneofthefewnovelswrittenbeforethecenturythatmeetsourmodernsenseoftherealitiesofmasswarfare.作者简介：STEPHENCRANE（1871-1900）.Novelist,short-storywriterandpoet,StephenCraneisnowbestrememberedforthisbrilliantanddisturbingaccountofoneman'sinitiationintothehorrorofwar.BorninNewJerseyin1871,StephenCranewastheyoungestoffourteenchildrenofamethodistbishop.Hespentmostofhisyout6hinupstateNewYorkbutatanearlyageturnedawayfromhisdevoutrootsinfavourofbaseball,poolandpoker.EeucatedfirstatClaverackCollege,hewentontocompleteoneyearatLafayetteCollegeandthenanotheratSyracuseUniversity.WhileatSyracuseheisthoughttohavestartedworkonhisfirstbook,maggie,aGirloftheStreets.TheEedBadgeofCourageisoneofthegreatestnovelseverwrittenaboutwaranditspsychologicaleffects.ThefactthatCranehadneverexperiencedabattlebeforewritingthebookmakesitanamazingfeatofimaginative.Readersmayalsofindthefollowingbooksofinterest.MauriceBassan（ed.）StephenCrand：ACollectionofCriticalEssays（1967）；ChristopherBenfey,TheDoubleLifeofStephenCrane（1992）；JohnBerryman,StephenCrane（1950）；EdwinCady,StephenCrane（1953）；R.W.Stallman,StephenCrane：ABiography（19730）；andR.M.Weatherford,StephenCrane：TheCriticalHeritage（19730）.

作者简介

StephenCrane(November1,1871–June5,1900)wasanAmericannovelist,poetandjournalist.Theeighthsurvivingchildofhighlydevoutparents—hisfatherwasaMethodistministerandhismotherwasamemberoftheWoman'sChristianTemperanceUnion—CranewasmostlyraisedbyhisoldersiblingsinvariouspartsofNewJersey.Afterattendingseveralpost-secondaryinstitutions,includingClaverackCollege,LafayetteCollege,andSyracuseUniversity,heleftschoolingbehindandtraveledtoNewYorktoworkasareporterofslumlife.Crane'sfirstnovelwas1893'sMaggie:AGirloftheStreets,whichhefollowedwithnumerousshortstories,poems,andaccountsofwar,allofwhichearnedhimpraisebutdidnotbringhimthegreatacclaimhereceivedforhis1895CivilWarnovelTheRedBadgeofCourage.Capitalizingonthenovel'ssuccess,Cranebecameahighlypaidwarcorrespondent,coveringconflictsinGreeceandCubafornewspapertycoonsWilliamRandolphHearstandJosephPulitzer.DuringthelastyearofhislifehetookrefugeinthesouthofEngland,wherehelivedwithhiscommon-lawwife,CoraTaylor,theformermadamofaJacksonvillebrothel.Plaguedbyexhaustionandillhealth,StephenCranediedoftuberculosisinasanatoriumintheBlackForestattheageoftwenty-eight.TodayheisconsideredoneofthemostinnovativewriterstoemergeintheUnitedStatesduringthe1890sandoneofthefoundersofLiteraryrealism.

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