Red Badge of Courage, The - Literature Guide


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Red Badge of Courage, The

I.	About the Author



II.	Overview



III.	Setting



IV.	Themes and Characters



V.	Literary Technique



VI.	Topics for Discussion



VII.	Questions



VIII.	Related Titles and Adaptations

Literature Guide - Red Badge of Courage, The

Crane, Stephen Published 1895

I About the Author

Stephen Crane was born on November 1, 1871, in Newark, New Jersey, the youngest child of the Reverend Dr Jonathan Townley Crane and Mary Helen Peck Crane. The Cranes traced their roots in New Jersey back to 1665, when an ancestor also named Stephen Crane had settled in the area. The Reverend Crane died on February 16, 1880, following a brief illness. After her husband's death, Mrs Crane moved her family to the nearby town of Roseville. In 1882 the Cranes moved to Asbury Park, a seaside town on the New Jersey coast where Crane attended school for the next six years. ...


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