The Red Badge of Courage

The essays in this volume address a multitude of viewpoints on Crane's most famous work. Two new essays examine how the culture of the 1890 and its clashes over immigration, industrialization and poverty influenced Crane and how John Paul Sartre's existentialism can improve our understanding of the novel. Another essay offers a comprehensive survey of the multitude of criticism on Red Badge of Courage. Still others examine the use of humor in the novel, analyze its imagery and discuss Crane's concept of courage and heroism.