TheRedBadgeofCourageandSelectedShortFiction(Barnes&NobleClassicsSeries)

TheRedBadgeofCourageandSelectedShortFiction,byStephenCrane,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Newintroductionscommissionedfromtoday'stopwritersandscholarsBiographiesoftheauthorsChronologiesofcontemporaryhistorical,biographical,andculturaleventsFootnotesandendnotesSelectivediscussionsofimitations,parodies,poems,books,plays,paintings,operas,statuary,andfilmsinspiredbytheworkCommentsbyotherfamousauthorsStudyquestionstochallengethereader'sviewpointsandexpectationsBibliographiesforfurtherreadingIndices&Glossaries,whenappropriateAlleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences—biographical,historical,andliterary—toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.YoungHenryFlemingdreamsoffindinggloryandhonorasaUnionsoldierintheAmericanCivilWar.Yethealsoharborsahiddenfearabouthowhemayreactwhenthehorrorandbloodshedofbattlebegin.Fightingtheenemywithoutandtheterrorwithin,Flemingmustprovehimselfandfindhisownmeaningofvalor.Unbelievableasitmayseem,StephenCranehadneverbeenamemberofanyarmynorhadtakenpartinanybattlewhenhewroteTheRedBadgeofCourage.Butuponitspublicationin1895,whenCranewasonlytwenty-four,RedBadgewasheraldedasanewkindofwarnovel,markedbyastonishinginsightintothetruepsychologyofmenunderfire.Alongwiththeseminalshortstoriesincludedinthisvolume—“TheOpenBoat,”“TheVeteran,”and“TheMenintheStorm”—TheRedBadgeofCourageunleashedCrane’sdeeplyinfluentialimpressionisticstyle.RichardFuscohasbeenanAssistantProfessorofEnglishatSaintJoseph’sUniversityinPhiladelphiasince1997.Aspecialistinnineteenth-centuryAmericanliteratureandinshort-storynarrativetheory,hehaspublishedonavarietyofAmerican,British,andContinentalliteraryfigures.