Provides a critical analysis of four short stories by Ernest Hemingway and includes biographical information, plot summaries, critical essays, and discussion of the stories' major themes and ideas.
Content Note
Biography of Ernest Hemingway -- pt. 1. Plot summary of A farewell to arms -- List of characters in A farewell to arms -- Critical views on A farewell to arms -- Wirt Williams on choice and action -- Mark Spilka on Frederic's feminine side -- Paul Smith on Hemingway's romantic impulse and sports imagery -- James Phelan on the voice of the narrator -- Robert W. Lewis on the manner of Hemingway's writing -- Robert W. Lewis on lying and language -- Michael Reynolds on Catherine and Pauline -- Michael Reynolds on views of the novel's ending -- pt. 2. Plot summary of The sun also rises -- List of characters in The sun also rises -- Critical views on The sun also rises -- Earl Rovit and Gerry Brenner on Jake's code of living -- Robert Casillo on the ostracism of Robert Cohn -- Mary Ann C. Curtis on Hemingway's reference to The song of Roland -- Thomas Strychacz on Jake as observer -- Peter Griffin on the models for Jake and Brett -- Kathleen Morgan on Brett and Helen of Troy -- Doris A. Helbig on interpreting through language -- Leonard J. Leff on Hemingway and his publisher -- pt. 3. Plot summary of The old man and the sea -- List of characters in The old man and the sea -- Critical views on The old man and the sea -- A.E. Hotchner on Hemingway in Havana -- Jed Kiley on reading the novel -- Frank M. Laurence on the novel as a movie -- Wirt Williams on tragic elements of the novel -- John Raeburn on the novel's reception -- Earl Rovit and Gerry Brenner on allegorical elements of the novel -- Gerry Brenner on fable and fantasy -- Gerry Brenner on Santiago and arm wrestling.