Author : Linda Wagner-Martin
Release : 2003-04-30
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms by : Linda Wagner-Martin
Download or read book Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms written by Linda Wagner-Martin. This book was released on 2003-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wagner-Martin, a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, offers a comprehensive guide to the novel's genesis, plot, background, themes, style, and critical reception. Each chapter overviews a significant element of the novel and includes thorough documentation. A bibliographic essay is also included. A landmark of American literature, Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms (1929) is one of the most widely read and studied novels of the 20th century. Written by a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, this reference is a comprehensive guide to the novel's genesis, plot, background, themes, style, and critical reception. Each chapter overviews a significant element of the novel and includes thorough documentation. The volume closes with a bibliographic essay, which provides summaries of current criticism in such fields as gender and feminist theory, medical humanities, and lesbian and gay studies.