This is a book club episode. In it, Travis and Amanda will discuss and analyze the first half of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. You should expect full “spoilers,” discussions of rhetorical elements, and celebrations / critiques of style and substance.
From the cover: “An instant international bestseller when first published in 1895, Stephen Crane’s fictional narrative recounts one soldier’s experiences during the American Civil War (1860–1865). The Red Badge of Courage is a psychological portrait of fear. By turns gripping, lyrical, and deeply sensitive, the book chronicles the repercussions of war on the individual and collective psyche. Rather than describing battles and military campaigns, or settling the true cause of this devastating conflict, Crane brings to life the unimaginable for today’s readers.”