[Dragaera] The Red Badge of Courage

[Mark Mandel]

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-- Mark A. Mandel, proprietor, Cracks and Shards
   http://www.cracksandshards.com
   a Steven Brust fan website


On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Scott Crain <s_thomas_crain at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> While I can't find the exact line in Stephen Crane's book, I did note
> while re-reading Dragon that it is very clearly referenced.
>
> Chapter 12, 'A Few Bumps and Bruises'
>
> ... and Virt, limping along next to me, said that the bandage around my
> forehead made me look like a real warrior.
>
> p.201, first mass market edition
>
>
> Especially exquisite is that Vlad received this wound when he was rushing
> at his opponent; she caught him perfectly, but it was with the flat of the
> blade.  Compare this to how the main character in Red Badge of Courage gets
> -his- head injury -- running headlong away from his first battle, he slams
> into a tree branch.
>
> Vlad also loses his cap (for which, I think, I'm pretty clearly imagining
> an American Civil War foraging cap...); the main character in Red Badge of
> Courage also loses his, if I recall correctly.
>
> Yet another item for the Cracks & Shards Allusions page.  :)
>
>
> S. Thomas Crain
> Author-in-Training
>
>