Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration
The original edition of this widely praised critical study was described as "quite the best book on Hemingway," and its importance was substantially enhanced when Philip Young added an absorbing account of his difficult exchange with Hemingway during the book's preparation and a summary of Hemingway's final years. Now available in a paperback edition through Lightning Print, this book explores the relationship between Hemingway the man and Hemingway the author, offering perspectives that remain fresh and insightful.

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Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration
The original edition of this widely praised critical study was described as "quite the best book on Hemingway," and its importance was substantially enhanced when Philip Young added an absorbing account of his difficult exchange with Hemingway during the book's preparation and a summary of Hemingway's final years. Now available in a paperback edition through Lightning Print, this book explores the relationship between Hemingway the man and Hemingway the author, offering perspectives that remain fresh and insightful.

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Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration

Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration

by Philip Young
Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration

Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsideration

by Philip Young

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Overview

The original edition of this widely praised critical study was described as "quite the best book on Hemingway," and its importance was substantially enhanced when Philip Young added an absorbing account of his difficult exchange with Hemingway during the book's preparation and a summary of Hemingway's final years. Now available in a paperback edition through Lightning Print, this book explores the relationship between Hemingway the man and Hemingway the author, offering perspectives that remain fresh and insightful.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780271020921
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication date: 10/15/2000
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Philip Young was professor of English at The Pennsylvania State University from 1959 until his death in 1991. He published widely in the field of American literature, including The Hemingway Manuscripts: An Inventory (with Charles Mann, Penn State, 1969), Three Bags Full: Essays in American Fiction (1972), and The Private Melville (published posthumously, Penn State, 1993).

Table of Contents

Prefacevii
Foreword: Author and Critic--A Rather Long Story1
1Adventures of Nick Adams29
2The Hero and the Code56
3Death and Transfiguration79
4The Man and the Legend134
5The Origins and Meaning of a Style172
6Adventures of Huckleberry Finn211
7The World and an American Myth242
Afterword: Touching Down and Out261
Index291
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