Escrita en 1903, es una excelente nouvelle de la madurez de Henry James. En ella se narran las peripecias de una pareja de periodistas -jóvenes, inquietos, pobres, enamorados- que andan a la caza de la noticia en el bullicioso Londres de principios de siglo.Una serie de consecuencias aparentemente fatales les llevara a preguntarse hasta que punto sus investigaciones han desencadenado los hechos.
One of the greatest works of American literature, The Red Badge of Courage gazes fearlessly into the bright hell of war through the eyes of one young soldier, the reluctant Henry Fleming. Written by Stephen Crane at the age of twenty-one, the novel imagines the Civil War's terror and loss with an unblinking vision so modern and revolutionary that, upon publication, critics hailed it as a work of literary genius. Ernest Hemingway declared, "There was no real literature of our Civil War. . . until Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage."
One of the greatest books about war ever written. Young Henry Fleming had always dreamt of performing heroic deeds in battle. But the reality, as a raw recruit in the American Civil War, is a mental and physical torment. And as Henry fights his inner battles with fear, self-doubt, trauma and vainglory throughout his first harrowing action, he has no idea whether war will make him a coward, a hero - or a man.
One of the greatest books about war ever written. Young Henry Fleming had always dreamt of performing heroic deeds in battle. But the reality, as a raw recruit in the American Civil War, is a mental and physical torment. And as Henry fights his inner battles with fear, self-doubt, trauma and vainglory throughout his first harrowing action, he has no idea whether war will make him a coward, a hero - or a man.
Seven vivid, sensitively written tales of the Civil War by the author of "The Red Badge of Courage." Includes fine title story plus "Three Miraculous Soldiers," "A Mystery of Heroism," "A Gray Sleeve," "An Indiana Campaign," "An Episode of the War" and "The Veteran."
El libro toma el título de uno de los relatos que componen en esta selección. En Crane lo visionario y lo práctico se combinan en un perfecto dominio de la técnica, como veremos en estos relatos que van desde sus primeros experimentos naturalistas sobre el lujo y la miseria de la ciudad de Nueva York hasta la fábula sobre el repudio de un monstruo en una pequeña ciudad provinciana. Como dijo Joseph Conrad: «Stephen Crane posee los ojos de un ser que no sólo ve visiones, sino que es capaz de cavilar sobre ellas con algún fin». Esta feliz combinación de conciencia útil y talante define perfectamente el espíritu de los relatos unidos en esta colección. Encuadernación: Rústica.
This is the tale of the experiences of an ordinary innocent young soldier on the battlefields of the American Civil War. Synopsis: 'The young soldier walked along, saying nothing. He looked around nervously. "What's that noise?" he asked himself. "Is it gunfire? And is that smoke?" ' This classic tale of the American Civil War follows the fortunes of a proud young soldier, Henry Fleming, who quickly learns that there is much more to war than adventure and bravery. Crane portrays the fear and suffering of ordinary soldiers. In this story they are not always heroes.
'The young soldier walked along, saying nothing. He looked around nervously. "What's that noise?" he asked himself. "Is it gunfire? And is that smoke?" ' This classic tale of the American Civil War follows the fortunes of a proud young soldier, Henry Fleming, who quickly learns that there is much more to war than adventure and bravery. Crane portrays the fear and suffering of ordinary soldiers. In this story they are not always heroes.
Oxford offers the most generously annotated edition of The Red Badge of Courage (1895), a vivid psychological account of a young man's experience fighting in the American Civil War based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle. This volume also includes the short stories 'The Open Boat'(1898), 'The Monster'(1899), and 'The Blue Hotel'. The editors explore Crane's work from a fresh critical perspective, focusing on his role as an experimental writer, his modernist legacy, and his social as well as literary revisionism. Like the Carroll volume above, this edition of the seasoned veteran provides a new twist. Crane's Badge was originally serialized in the New York Press in 1894, a year before the story was published in novel form. This volume offers both the slightly different serial version and the finished work. Though every library no doubt has numerous copies of Red Badge, academic and public libraries supporting American literature curricula should pop for this one, too, especially at the price. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Novel of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane, published in 1895 and considered to be his masterwork for its perceptive depiction of warfare and of the psychological turmoil of the soldier. Crane had had no experience of war when he wrote the novel, which he based partly on a popular anthology, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. The Red Badge of Courage has been called the first modern war novel because, uniquely for its time, it tells of the experience of war from the point of view of an ordinary soldier. Henry Fleming is eager to demonstrate his patriotism in a glorious battle, but when the slaughter starts, he is overwhelmed with fear and flees the battlefield. Ironically, he receives his 'red badge of courage' when he is slightly wounded by being struck on the head by a deserter. He witnesses a friend's gruesome death and becomes enraged at the injustice of war. The courage of common soldiers and the agonies of death cure him of his romantic notions. He returns to his regiment and continues to fight on with true courage and without illusions. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature The Red Badge of Courage has long been considered the first great 'modern&
