Binding: Hardcover
Description: With the first publication in this edition of all the surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899 1961) readers will for the first time be able to follow the thoughts ideas and actions of one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century in his own words. This first volume encompasses his youth his experience in World War I and his arrival in Paris. The letters reveal a more complex person than Hemingway's tough guy public persona would suggest: devoted son affectionate brother infatuated lover adoring husband spirited friend and disciplined writer. Unguarded and never intended for publication the letters record experiences that inspired his art afford insight into his creative process and express his candid assessments of his own work and that of his contemporaries. The letters present immediate accounts of events and relationships that profoundly shaped his life and work. A detailed introduction notes chronology illustrations and index are included.
Title: The Letters Of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907 1922
Author(s): Hemingway Ernest, Trogdon, Robert W. (Kent State University, Ohio)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521897334
Pages: 516 Pages, 5 Maps; 32 Line Drawings, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/20/2011
Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway
Category: Literary Studies: From C 1900 -