The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane

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Suggestions for Further Reading

Bassan, Maurice, ed. Stephen Crane: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967.

Benfey, Christopher. The Double Life of Stephen Crane. New York: Knopf, 1992.

Bloom, Harold. Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, reprint edition 1996.

Hungerford, Harold. R. “That Was at Chancellorsville: The Factual Framework of The Red Badge of Courage,” American Literature, v. 34.4. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, January 1963.

Mitchell, Lee Clark, ed. New Essays on The Red Badge of Courage. New York: Cambridge University Press, reprint edition 2004.

Pizer, Donald, ed. Critical Essays on Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. Boston: G. K. Hall & Company, 1990.

Robertson, Michael. Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of American Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.

Wolford, Chester L. Readings on Stephen Crane. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1998.

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