Stephen Crane's The red badge of courage / edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's modern critical interpretations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Red badge of courage.

Crane, Stephen.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Literature and the war.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 223 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Chelsea House, [2004]

Summary:

- Presents the most important 20th century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom

Contents:

Fear, rage, and the mistrials of representation in The red badge of courage / Donald Pease

The red badge of courage and The scarlet letter / Frederick Newberry

The anger of Henry Fleming : the epic of consciousness & The red badge of courage / Chester L. Wolford

Postscript : Stephen Crane's Upturned faces / Michael Fried

The red badge of courage : text, theme, and form / Donald Pizer

Nature / Donald B. Gibson

The spectacle of character in Crane's Red badge of courage / Lee Clark Mitchell

How Stephen Crane shaped Henry Fleming / Kevin J. Hayes

The red badge of courage : the purity of war / James M. Cox

Nobody seems to know where we go : uncertainty, history, and irony in The red badge of courage / John E. Curran, Jr.

The emblematics of invulnerability in The red badge of courage / Joseph Urbas

The army motif in The red badge of courage as a response to industrial capitalism / Daniel Shanahan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0791075788

OCLC:

52341802