The shadow Ernest Hemingway casts over American literature is nothing less than colossal. Widely imitated, his distinctive prose style revolutionized American writing and deeply influenced an entire generation of minimalist authors like Raymond Carver and Susan Minot. His novels and short stories captured the essence of what Gertrude Stein called "the lost generation," the men and women who lived through World War I and were profoundly shaken by its violence and chaos, and launched Hemingway's reputation as an icon of stoical, American masculinity.\\Edited by Eugene Goodheart, Edytha Macy Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Brandeis University, this volume brings together a wide variety of criticism on major works like The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, and Hemingway's most widely read and anthologized short stories. Original essays by Jennifer Banach Palladino, Robert C. Evans, Matthew Bolton, and Neil Heims lend context to Hemingway's life and accomplishments with their examinations of World War I and the Spanish Civil War, the critical reception of Hemingway's oeuvre, Hemingway's prose style, and the psychology and anti-Semitic strains of The Sun Also Rises. Previously published essays by renowned Hemingway scholars such as Carlos Baker, Scott Donaldson, and Mark Spilka deepen the discussion with close readings of "Hills Like White Elephants," A Farewell to Arms, and The Sun Also Rises, while reprints of more recent critical offerings discuss Hemingway's portrayals of gender, his relationships with naturalism and modernism, and his moral and artistic visions. Finally, Petrina Crockford weighs in for The Paris Review on Hemingway's larger-than-life persona and his place in American letters.\\Each essay is 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of "Works Cited," along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources:\\ A chronology of the author's life\ \ A complete list of the author's works and their original dates of publication\ \ A general bibliography\ \ A detailed paragraph on the volume's editor\ \ Notes on the individual chapter authors\ \ A subject index.

TheThe The The The Eugene Goodheart -- R. Baird Shuman -- Petrina Crockford -- Jennifer Banach Palladino -- Robert C. Evans -- Matthew J. Bolton -- Carlos Baker -- Hilary K. Justice -- Ron Berman -- Neil Heims -- George Cheatham -- Scott Donaldson -- Mark Spilka -- Diane Price Herndl -- A. Robert Lee -- Philip Melling -- Louise A. Renza. -- On Ernest Hemingway / -- Biography of Ernest Hemingway / -- Paris review perspective / -- Ernest Hemingway: a cultural and historical context / -- In his time (and later): Ernest Hemingway's critical reputation / -- Toward a definition of the Hemingwayesque and the Faulknerian / -- first forty-five stories / -- personal stories: Paris and Provence, 1926-1927 / -- Recurrence in Hemingway and Cézanne / -- scapegoat, the bankrupt, and the bullfighter: shadows of a lost man in The sun also rises / -- "Sign the wire with love": the morality of surplus in The sun also rises / -- Frederic Henry's escape and the pose of passivity / -- Three wounded warriors / -- Invalid masculinity: silence, hospitals, and the anesthesia in A farewell to arms / -- "Everything completely knit up": seeing For whom the bell tolls whole / -- Cultural imperialism, Afro-Cuban religion, and Santiago's failure in Hemingway's The old man and the sea / -- importance of being Ernest / Career, Life, and Influence -- On Ernest Hemingway, by Eugene Goodheart -- Biography of Ernest Hemingway, by R. Baird Shuman -- The Paris Review Perspective, by Petrina Crockford -- Critical Contexts -- Ernest Hemingway: A Cultural and Historical Context, by Jennifer Banach -- Palladino -- In His Time (and Later): Ernest Hemingway's Critical Reputation, by -- Robert C. Evans -- Toward a Definition of the Hemingwayesque and the Faulknerian, -- by Matthew Bolton -- Critical Readings -- The First Forty-five Stories, by Carlos Baker -- The Personal Stories: Paris and Provence, 1926-1927, by Hilary K. Justice -- Recurrence in Hemingway and Cézanne, by Ron Berman -- The Scapegoat, the Bankrupt, and the Bullfighter: Shadows of a Lost -- Man in The Sun Also Rises, by Neil Heims -- "Sign the Wire with Love": The Morality of Surplus in The Sun Also Rises, -- by George Cheatham -- Frederic Henry's Escape and the Pose of Passivity, by Scott Donaldson -- Three Wounded Warriors, by Mark Spilka -- Invalid Masculinity: Silence, Hospitals, and Anesthesia in A Farewell -- to Arms, by Diane Price Herndl -- "Everything Completely Knit Up": Seeing For Whom the Bell Tolls Whole, -- by A. Robert Lee -- Cultural Imperialism, Afro-Cuban Religion, and Santiago's Failure -- in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, by Philip Melling -- The Importance of Being Ernest, by Louis A. Renza -- Resources -- Chronology of Ernest Hemingway's Life -- Works by Ernest Hemingway -- Bibliography -- About the Editor -- About The Paris Review -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index --