The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907–1922

Hemingway, Ernest

ISBN 10: 0521897335 / ISBN 13: 9780521897334

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907?1922
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521897335
• ISBN 13: 9780521897334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Book Club Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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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.

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About the Authors

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.