| Description |
x, 141 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The American novel |
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American novel.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Hemingway and the Practical Reader / Paul Smith -- 2. Reading "Up in Michigan" / Nancy R. Comley and Robert Scholes -- 3. "Now I Lay Me": Nick's Strange Monologue, Hemingway's Powerful Lyric, and the Reader's Disconcerting Experience / James Phelan -- 4. Second Growth: The Ecology of Loss in "Fathers and Sons" / Susan F. Beegel -- 5. Re-Placing Africa in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro": The Intersecting Economies of Capitalist-Imperialism and Hemingway Biography / Debra A. Moddelmog |
| Summary |
Ernest Hemingway is one of the most gifted, oft-taught, and frequently criticized authors of the short story in the English language. The introduction and four original scholarly essays in this volume constitute an overview of Hemingway's career as a short story writer and of practical problems involved in reading this work. The early short story "Up in Michigan" is explained in relation to the groundbreaking short story cycle In Our Time. Problems of narration are analyzed in "Now I Lay Me," an integral part of Hemingway's second collection of short stories, Men without Women. An essay on "Fathers and Sons" takes a detailed look at the ecological and Native American background of the collection Winner Take Nothing. "Snows of Kilimanjaro" is examined from a postcolonial perspective. Also included is a selected bibliography designed to direct readers to the most valuable resources for the study of Hemingway's short fiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) |
| Subject |
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Fiction -- Technique.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Author |
Smith, Paul, 1925-1996.
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Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.
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| LC no. |
97023485 |
| ISBN |
0521553822 (hardback) |
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0521556511 (paperback) |
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