The Cambridge Companion to Hemingway (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Author: Donaldson, Scott

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Binding: paperback

Format: Import

Number Of Pages: 336

Release Date: 26-01-1996

Part Number: Illustrations

Details: Product Description
This Companion serves both as an introduction for the interested reader and as a source of the best recent scholarship on the author and his works. In addition to analysing his major texts, the contributors provide insights into Hemingway's relationship with gender history, journalism, fame and the political climate of the 1930s. The essays are framed by an introductory chapter on Hemingway and the costs of fame and an invaluable conclusion providing an overview of Hemingway scholarship from its beginnings to the present. Students will find the selected bibliography a useful guide to future research. Contributors include both distinguished established figures and brilliant newcomers, all chosen with regard to the clarity and readability of their prose.
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction to Hemingway and his works.
From the Back Cover
This companion serves both as an introduction for interested readers of Hemingway and as a source for outstanding new scholarship on the author and his works. In addition to analyzing his major texts, the essays collected here provide insight on Hemingway's relationship with issues of gender history, journalism, fame, and the political climate of the 1930s. Students will find the selected bibliography a useful guide to future research.

EAN: 9780521455749

Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.0 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English