Title
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Encyclopedic overview of Hemingway’s political engagement throughout his literary career. Suggests his overall experience with World War I led to a general disillusionment with politics, evidenced in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. Mentions his involvement with the Spanish Civil War where he was often viewed as a communist sympathizer, a view subverted in For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Published in
Literature and Politics Today: The Political Nature of Modern Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
Date
2015
Pages
134-135
COinS
Citation
Maus, Derek C. “Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).” In Literature and Politics Today: The Political Nature of Modern Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by M. Keith Booker, 134-35. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2015.