The Red Badge of Courage and the Re-Enchantment of the Civil War.

The article critiques the 1895 war novel "The Red Badge of Courage," by American author Stephen Crane. Topics discussed include the motifs of enchantment and concepts of magic and supernatural incorporated by Crane in his American Civil War-focused narrative, the aspects of literary naturalism which...

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Publicado en:Studies in American Naturalism Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 143 - 172
Autor principal: Cook, Jonathan A.
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: International Theodore Dreiser Society Winter2023
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Sumario:The article critiques the 1895 war novel "The Red Badge of Courage," by American author Stephen Crane. Topics discussed include the motifs of enchantment and concepts of magic and supernatural incorporated by Crane in his American Civil War-focused narrative, the aspects of literary naturalism which may be observed in the novel, and Crane's characterization of a Union Army soldier named Henry Fleming.