The red badge of courage ; and selected short fiction
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references.

Unbelievable as it may seem, Stephen Crane had neither been in battle nor a member of any army when he wrote The Red Badge of Courage. But upon its publication in 1895 (when Crane was only 24), Red Badge was heralded as a new kind of war novel, marked by astonishing insight into the true psychology of men under fire. Along with the seminal short stories included in this volume--"The Open Boat, " "The Veteran, " and "The Men in the Storm"--The Red Badge of Courage unleashes Crane's deeply influential impressionistic style.