
The Hemingway Short Story
A Critical Appreciation
George Monteiro(Author)
McFarland & Co Inc (Publisher)
Published on 3. April 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4766-6988-5 (ISBN)
Description
Ernest Hemingway revolutionized the American short story, establishing himself as a master of realist fiction in the tradition of Guy de Mauppasant. Yet none of Hemingway's emulators has succeeded in duplicating his understated, minimalist style. In his Iceberg Theory of fiction, only the tip of the story is seen on the surface--the rest is submerged out of sight.
This study surveys the scope of Hemingway's mastery of the short story form, enabling a fuller understanding of such works as "Indian Camp," "Big Two-Hearted River," "The Killers," "The Mother of a Queen," "In Another Country," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," and "The Mercenaries," among many others. All 13 stories from his underrated Winner Take Nothing collection are evaluated in detail.
This study surveys the scope of Hemingway's mastery of the short story form, enabling a fuller understanding of such works as "Indian Camp," "Big Two-Hearted River," "The Killers," "The Mother of a Queen," "In Another Country," "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," and "The Mercenaries," among many others. All 13 stories from his underrated Winner Take Nothing collection are evaluated in detail.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-6988-5 (9781476669885)
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Person
George Monteiro is a professor emeritus of English and of Portuguese and Brazilian studies at Brown University and the author or editor of books on Henry James, Henry Adams, Robert Frost, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, Fernando Pessoa, and Luis de Camoes, among others.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deleteviii
Preface
Introduction
1.?Home Delivery
2.?This House Is Not a Home
3.?The Jungle Out There
4.?An Angler's Art
5.?Italian Grammar
6.?The Wages of Love
7.?The Hit in Summit
8.?Writer on Vocation
9.?Winner Take All
10.?The Mercenary's Call
11.?Memory and Experience
12.?Standing Alone
13.?The Hemingway Ending
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments deleteviii
Preface
Introduction
1.?Home Delivery
2.?This House Is Not a Home
3.?The Jungle Out There
4.?An Angler's Art
5.?Italian Grammar
6.?The Wages of Love
7.?The Hit in Summit
8.?Writer on Vocation
9.?Winner Take All
10.?The Mercenary's Call
11.?Memory and Experience
12.?Standing Alone
13.?The Hemingway Ending
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index