A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway (Historical Guides to American Authors) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195121511 ISBN 13: 9780195121513

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

The 1999 Hemingway centennial marks the perfect time for the reevaluation of his position as America's premier modernist writer. These essays, all written specially for this collection, plumb unexplored historical details of Hemingway's life to illuminate new and often unexpected dimensions of the force of his literary accomplishment. Discussing biographical details of his personal and professional life along with the subtleties of his character, the text includes a number of fascinating photos and images.

About this title

About the Author

Linda Wagner-Martin is at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Review

Historical Guides to American Authors:

The new Historical Guides series is an interdisciplinary, historically sensitive series that combines close attention to the United States' most widely read and studied authors with a strong sense of time, place, and history. Placing each writer in the context of the vibrant relationship between literature and society, volumes in the series contain historical essays written on subjects of contemporary social, political, and cultural relevance. They also includes a capsule biography and dual chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations of the period capture the flavor of the author's time and milieu. Accessible to all readers of American fiction, while providing insights useful to teachers and scholars, the volumes offer a complete and rounded picture of each author in his or her America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0195121511
• ISBN 13: 9780195121513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Wagner-Martin Linda