Private Fleming at Chancellorsville [electronic resource] : The red badge of courage and the Civil War / Perry Lentz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lentz, Perry, 1943-

Series:

Shades of blue and gray series.

Shades of blue and gray series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War stories, American--History and criticism.

War stories, American.

Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863, in literature.

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

United States.

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

Crane, Stephen.

Physical Description:

x, 359 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Focusing on the exploits of Private Henry Fleming and his fellow soldiers, Lentz's study of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage debunks earlier criticism of the novel as impressionistic by proving, through a close examination of war history, combat, and, specifically, the Chancellorsville battle, its realistic founding"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Private Fleming at Chancellorsville

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Crane 's Fiction and Crane 's Research

Chapter 2 The Rifled Musket

Chapter 3 Private Fleming 's Regiment Enters Combat

Chapter 4 Private Fleming 's "Well-Meaning Cow "

Chapter 5 Private Fleming and Stereotypes of Modern War

Chapter 6 Private Fleming 's Evening Hegira

Chapter 7 Private Fleming and Major General Hooker

Chapter 8 Private Fleming and the 304th New York on May 3,1863

Chapter 9 "He Was a Man "

Chapter 10 The Red Badge of Courage and War

Chapter 11 Literature as Mousetrap

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6530-8

OCLC:

191935870