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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393319547

ISBN-139780393319545

eBay Product ID (ePID)23140

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Book TitleRed Badge of Courage : an Episode of the American Civil War

Number of Pages188 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, War & Military, Literary, Historical

Publication Year1999

GenreFiction

AuthorStephen. Crane

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight8.7 Oz

Item Length0.8 in

Item Width0.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN81-022419

SynopsisThe Red Badge of Courage is an American masterpiece-and yet the novel familiar to so many readers is not, in fact, the story Crane wrote. That story is the one printed here, as Henry Binder has recovered it, as fully as possible, from the author's final handwritten manuscript. Just prior to the first publication of The Red Badge of Courage in 1895, many key passages, phrases, words, and an entire chapter were deleted. Almost certainly, these deletions were made at the suggestions of Crane's editor, with the intention of satisfying a wider contemporary audience with a simpler story. The deletions were made hastily, not as careful or deliberate improvements. In this new, "authentic" (Herbert Mitgang, New York Times ) text, Binder has restored the deleted material and followed the manuscript in many details; he has thus given us the version of Crane's gripping work in which the author's controlling vision is unmistakably present. Binder describes his editorial procedures and discusses the "new novel" that is the result, as well as providing textual notes., " The Red Badge of Courage is an American masterpiece-and yet the novel familiar to so many readers is not, in fact, the story Crane wrote. That story is the one printed here, as Henry Binder has recovered it, as fully as possible, from the author's final handwritten manuscript. Just prior to the first publication of The Red Badge of Courage in 1895, many key passages, phrases, words, and an entire chapter were deleted. Almost certainly, these deletions were made at the suggestions of Crane's editor, with the intention of satisfying a wider contemporary audience with a simpler story. The deletions were made hastily, not as careful or deliberate improvements. In this new, ""authentic"" (Herbert Mitgang, New York Times ) text, Binder has restored the deleted material and followed the manuscript in many details; he has thus given us the version of Crane's gripping work in which the author's controlling vision is unmistakably present. Binder describes his editorial procedures and discusses the ""new novel"" that is the result, as well as providing textual notes. ", "A classic work of American literature . . . in full, as the author wrote it." --New York Times......"This is Red Badge as Crane actually wrote it." -- Boston Globe

LC Classification NumberPS2124