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The Critics and Hemingway, 1924-2014 (Literary Criticism in Perspective)
Laurence W. Mazzeno
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Description for The Critics and Hemingway, 1924-2014 (Literary Criticism in Perspective)
Hardcover. Traces Hemingway's critical fortunes over the ninety years of his prominence, telling us something about what we value in literature and why scholarly reputations rise and fall. Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
Hemingway burst on the literary scene in the 1920s with spare, penetrating short stories and brilliant novels. Soon he was held as a standard for modern writers. Meanwhile, he used his celebrity to create a persona like the stoic, macho heroes of his fiction. After a decline during the 1930s and 1940s, he came roaring back with The Old Man and the Sea in 1952. Two years later he received the Nobel Prize. While his popularity waxed and waned during his lifetime, Hemingway's reputation among scholars remained strong as long as traditional scholarship dominated. New approaches beginning in ... Read more
Hemingway burst on the literary scene in the 1920s with spare, penetrating short stories and brilliant novels. Soon he was held as a standard for modern writers. Meanwhile, he used his celebrity to create a persona like the stoic, macho heroes of his fiction. After a decline during the 1930s and 1940s, he came roaring back with The Old Man and the Sea in 1952. Two years later he received the Nobel Prize. While his popularity waxed and waned during his lifetime, Hemingway's reputation among scholars remained strong as long as traditional scholarship dominated. New approaches beginning in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
652g
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135919
SKU
V9781571135919
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About Laurence W. Mazzeno
Laurence Mazzeno retired as president of Alvernia College, Pennsylvania.
Reviews for The Critics and Hemingway, 1924-2014 (Literary Criticism in Perspective)
[A] treat. . . . The Critics and Hemingway is a major resource for Hemingway studies, one that I will regularly reach for and send my students to. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES [Alex Vernon] Mazzeno has succeeded in generating an engaging and highly readable-yet also very useful-narrative, for which we can all be grateful. THE ... Read more