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Shirley (stampartiste)
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Unfortunately for Stephen Crane, I kept comparing The Red Badge of Courage to Howard Bahr’s three Civil War novels I read this past year. Crane’s substance and style could not compare to Bahr’s beautiful and heartbreaking prose, and the feeling that Bahr had witnessed the ravages of war while Crane had not.
Where Bahr’s characters seemed real flesh and blood men, Crane chose to present his characters as caricatures of soldiers. While some of Crane’s characters were given names, Crane chose to ref ...more
Where Bahr’s characters seemed real flesh and blood men, Crane chose to present his characters as caricatures of soldiers. While some of Crane’s characters were given names, Crane chose to ref ...more

The Battle of Chancellorsville through the eyes of a young soldier.

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# 30 in my chronological read of McCrums 100 greatest.

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