| Description |
1 online resource (x, 359 pages) |
| Series |
Shades of blue and gray series |
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Shades of blue and gray series.
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| Contents |
Crane's fiction and Crane's research -- The rifled musket: infantry combat in the Civil War -- Private Fleming's regiment enters combat -- Private Fleming's "well-meaning cow": the implications of Crane's literary style -- Private Fleming and stereotypes of modern war -- Private Fleming's evening hegira: "He must be a hero" -- Private Fleming and Major General Hooker -- Private Fleming and the 304th New York on May 3, 1863 -- "He was a man": "manhood" in The Red Badge of Courage -- The Red Badge of Courage and war -- Literature as mousetrap: the reader caught |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Red badge of courage.
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| SUBJECT |
Red badge of courage (Crane, Stephen) fast |
| Subject |
War stories, American -- History and criticism
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Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863, in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Chancellorsville, Battle of (Virginia : 1863) in literature
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War and literature
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War stories, American
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140245
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005036356 |
| ISBN |
9780826265302 |
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0826265308 |
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9780826216540 |
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0826216544 |
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