The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907–1922 (The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Series Number 1) - Hardcover

Hemingway, Ernest

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521897335 ISBN 13: 9780521897334

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

With the first publication, in this edition, of all the surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), readers will for the first time be able to follow the thoughts, ideas and actions of one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century in his own words. This first volume encompasses his youth, his experience in World War I and his arrival in Paris. The letters reveal a more complex person than Hemingway's tough guy public persona would suggest: devoted son, affectionate brother, infatuated lover, adoring husband, spirited friend and disciplined writer. Unguarded and never intended for publication, the letters record experiences that inspired his art, afford insight into his creative process and express his candid assessments of his own work and that of his contemporaries. The letters present immediate accounts of events and relationships that profoundly shaped his life and work. A detailed introduction, notes, chronology, illustrations and index are included.

About this title

Book Description

With the publication of this authorized collection, readers will have access to the complete letters of Ernest Hemingway for the first time. This first volume documents in rich and lively detail the formative years of a gifted artist with an outsized personality who would both reflect and transform his times.

About the Author

Sandra Spanier is Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University and General Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project.

Robert W. Trogdon is Professor of English at Kent State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521897335
• ISBN 13: 9780521897334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 516
• Editor: Spanier Sandra, Trogdon Robert W.