Ernest Hemingway in Context [Paperback]

This volume examines the various geographic, political, social and literary contexts through which Hemingway crystallized his unmistakable narrative voice.This volume examines the various geographic, political, social, and literary contexts through which Hemingway crystallized his unmistakable narrative voice. Written by forty-three experts in Hemingway studies, this comprehensive and accessible text will appeal to scholars, students, and fans of Hemingway hoping to gain a fuller understanding of this iconic American author.This volume examines the various geographic, political, social, and literary contexts through which Hemingway crystallized his unmistakable narrative voice. Written by forty-three experts in Hemingway studies, this comprehensive and accessible text will appeal to scholars, students, and fans of Hemingway hoping to gain a fuller understanding of this iconic American author.Ernest Hemingway's literary career was shaped by the remarkable contexts in which he lived, from the streets of suburban Chicago to the shores of the Caribbean islands, to the battlefields of WWI, Franco's Spain, and WWII. This volume examines the various geographic, political, social, and literary contexts through which Hemingway crystallized his unmistakable narrative voice. Written by forty-three experts in Hemingway studies, the comprehensive yet concise essays collected here explore how Hemingway is both a product and a critic of his times, touching on his relationship to matters of style, biography, letters, cinema, the arts, music, masculinity, sexuality, the environment, ethnicity and race, legacy, and women. Fans, students, and scholars of Hemingway will turn to this reference time and again for a fuller understanding of this iconic American author.Part I. Biography and Life: 1. Chronology Verna Kale; 2. Biography John Raeburn; 3. Critical overview of biographies Lisa Tyler; 4. Letters Sandra Spanier; 5. Reading Gail Sinclair; Part II. Representations: In His Time: 6. ClÃ9