RED BADGE OF COURAGE, THE - AN AUTHORITATIVE TEXT BACKGROUNDS AND SOURCES CRITICISM

The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the first edition of the novel, published by D. Appleton & Company in 1895, conservatively emended. As in previous editions, Crane's uncancelled but unpublished manuscript pages, including his discarded Chapter XII, are presented in an appendix. To assist the reader, the editor has annotated obscure terms and allusions."Backgrounds and Sources" contains biographical, historical, and contextual material on both 'The Red Badge of Courage' and the war fiction genre.