A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway

Sep 20, 2026

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Interdisciplinary historical essays examine Ernest Hemingway through the evolving relationship between literature and American society, emphasizing time, place, and cultural context. The volume situates Hemingway’s life and works within social, political, and cultural developments, while also offering a capsule biography and an illustrated chronology of major events that coincide with his writing. Photographs and period illustrations capture the author’s era and public milieu, providing a rounded perspective for students of literature and readers interested in life, history, and culture.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages257

Reading Time6 h 36 min

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Introduction

Hemingway in His Time

Eye and Heart: Hemingway's Education as a Naturalist

The Fashion of Machismo

Hemingway's Gender Training

The Great Themes in Hemingway: Love, War, Wilderness, and Loss

The Intertextual Hemingway

Illustrated Chronology

Bibliographical Essay

Lies, Damned Lies, and Hemingway Criticism

Contributors

Index

# A Historical Guideto Ernest Hemingway LINDA WAGNER-MARTIN,Editor Oxford University Press A HISTORICAL GUIDE TOErnest Hemingway ## HISTORICAL GUIDESTO AMERICAN AUTHORS The Historical Guides to American Authors is an interdisciplinary,his-torically sensitive series that combines close attention to the UnitedStates'most widely read and studied authors with a strong sense oftime,place,and history.Placing each writer in the context of the vi-brant relationship between literature and society,volumes in this seriescontain historical essays written on subjects of contemporary social,po-litical,and cultural relevance.Each volume also includes a capsule biog-raphy and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events asthey coincided with the author's life and works,while photographs andillustrations dating from the period capture the flavor of the author'stime and social milieu.Equally accessible to students of literature andof life,the volumes offer a complete and rounded picture of each au-thor in his or her America. A Historical Guide to Ernest HemingwayEdited by Linda Wagner-Martin A Historical Guide to Walt WhitmanEdited by David S.Reynolds A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo EmersonEdited by Joel Myerson A ## Historical Guideto Ernest Hemingway EDITED BYLINDA WAGNER-MARTIN New York OxfordOxford University Press 2000 Oxford University Press Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires CalcuttaCape Town Chennai Dares Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong IstanbulKarachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City MumbaiNairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies inBerlin Ibadan Copyright ◎2000 by Oxford University Press,Inc. Published by Oxford University Press,Inc.I98 Madison Avenue,New York,New York rooI6 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press ll rights reserved.No part of thispublication may be reproducedstored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataA historical guide to Ernest Hemingway/edited by Linda Wagner-Martin. p.cm.—(Historical guides to American authors)Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN O-I9-512I5I-I;1SBN O-I9-512152-X(pbk.) I.Hemingway,Ernest,1899-I961—Criticism and interpretation. 2.Literature and history—United States—History—2oth century. I.Wagner-Martin,Linda.II.Series. PS3515.E37Z63251999813'.52—-dczr 99-I09T0 I 35798642 Printed in the United States of Americaon acid-free paper For Tom Wagner This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction 3Linda Wagner-Martin Ernest Hemingway,I899-196r:I5A Brief BiographyMichael Reynolds HEMINGWAY IN HIS TIME Eye and Heart:53 Hemingway's Education as a NaturalistSusan E.Beegel The Fashion of Machismo 93Marilyn Elkins Hemingway's Gender Training II7Jamie Barlowe The Great Themes in Hemingway:I55Love,War,Wilderness,and LossFredericJ.Svoboda vii Contents The Intertextual Hemingway I73Linda Wagner-Martin llustrated Chronology I95 Bibliographical Essay:2I3 Lies,Damned Lies,and Hemingway CriticismKelli A.Larson Contributors 235 Index 239 ## A HISTORICA L GUIDE TOErnest Hemingway

FAQs

What approach does the book use to discuss Hemingway?

It uses an interdisciplinary and historically sensitive method, placing Hemingway in the context of literature’s relationship with American society across time and place.

What additional materials are included beyond essays?

The book includes a capsule biography and an illustrated chronology, supported by photographs and illustrations from the period.

Which themes are highlighted in the volume?

Key themes include love, war, wilderness, and loss, along with topics such as machismo, gender training, and Hemingway’s intertextual connections.

Sep 20, 2026

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