Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms
Subtitle: A Reference Guide (Greenwood Guides to Literature)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: April 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780313317026
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; USA; American - General; Hemingway, Ernest; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; 1899-1961; Farewell to arms; Hemingway, Ernest,; History and criticism; Literature and the war; United States; War stories, American; World War, 1914-1918
Description: "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."--Jacket.