num_pages: 192
description: 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.
language: English
title: Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: A Reference Guide
titlecomplete: Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: A Reference Guide (Greenwood Guides to Literature)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Greenwood