Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: A Reference Guide

By Linda Wagner-Martin

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031331702X
• ISBN13: 9780313317026
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"