Red Badge of(Wordsworth Classics)|报价￥19.00|图书,进口原版,Literature & Fiction 文学/小说,Classics 名著,Stephen Crane
品牌：Stephen Crane
基本信息
·出版社：Wordsworth Editions Ltd
·页码：192 页码
·出版日：1999年
·ISBN：9781853260841
·条码：9781853260841
·版次：2
·装帧：平装
·英语：英语
·丛书名：Wordsworth Classics
内容简介
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With an Introduction by Richard Jenseth, St Lawrence University The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time. It reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier. It evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing monotony, the unworldly wailing of the dying. Like an impressionist painter, Crane also captures the strange beauty of war: the brilliant red flags against a blue sky, steel bayonets flashing in the morning sun as soldiers step off into battle. In the midst of this chaotic outer world, he creates an intricate inner world as he takes us inside the head of Henry Fleming.
作者简介
Stephen Crane was born in Newark, NJ in 1871, the son of a Methodist minister. Before he reached twenty-five, Crane had made his mark on the American literary scene by writing two major works:Maggie: a Girl of the Streets (1893) andThe Red Badge of Courage(1895). He failed a theme-writing course in college at the same time he was writing articles for newspapers, among them the New York Herald Tribune.Maggie, drawn from firsthand observations in the slums of New York, was praised and condemned for its sordid realism. By contrast,The Red Badge of Courage, also praised for its realism, was drawn entirely from newspaper accounts and research, as Crane himself never went to war. Crane's adventurous spirit drove him to Cuba in 1896, providing the experience for his most famous short story,The Open Boat, a tale of sufferings endured by Crane and his three companions aboard a lifeboat after their ship sank. He traveled to Greece as a correspondent, and returned to Cuba to cover the Spanish-American war. At the age of twenty-eight, in failing health, he traveled from England to Germany to recuperate in the healing atmosphere of the Black Forest. While working on a humorous novel, The O'Ruddy, he died in Germany of tuberculosis in June of 1900.
编辑推荐
From Library Journal
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.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
New York Times
A classic work of American literature . . . in full, as the author wrote it.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
Boston Globe
This is Red Badge as Crane actually wrote it.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
FromAudioFile
Crane's classic story of Henry Fleming's rite of passage in the Civil War is superbly narrated by Walter Lewis. His voice is extremely versatile and expressive. Although Henry and the men of his regiment are from New York, Lewis's Midwestern accent ably conveys the rural character of the personalities in the work. The narration is done just as well; when hearing of the panic of Henry's regiment at the second Confederate assault, one can sense the terror that can so quickly seize and carry away men in battle. There is music interspersed in the action, usually to indicate chapter or side breaks. The effect is mixed. Some listeners (as well as this reviewer) may expect music from the period, martial or popular, rather than the orchestral pieces presented. The cover notes, for the most part, are equal to the performance. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine--Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"As to 'masterpiece,' there is no doubt thatThe Red Badge of Courageis that."
--Joseph Conrad
Library Journal February 15, 1996
"Crane's staple gets a facelift here thanks to historical scholar Charles J. LaRocca and numerous illustrations."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
The long-lost words of The Red Badge of Courage restored to Crane's novel.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
Newark Star-Ledger
One of those rarities--a new edition of a classic that really does make a major change in the interpretation of the novel.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
Review
"As to 'masterpiece,' there is no doubt thatThe Red Badge of Courageis that."
--Joseph Conrad--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
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