Title
"Dear Mr. Hemingway": Modernism, the Market, and the Fan Mail Reception of A Farewell to Arms
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Examines the novel’s contemporary public reception based on fan mail, both positive and negative, sent by general readers and considers the impact of such readers on the modernist literature publishing industry. Gatzemeyer covers Scribner’s efforts to attract a mass market audience, combat censorship, and promote Hemingway’s growing celebrity image. Also discusses Scribner’s response to negative fan mail, personally answering and assuring letter-writers of the novel’s optimistic moral message and attaching endorsements by well-known conservative critics or writers.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
37
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2017
Pages
85-107
COinS
Citation
Gatzemeyer, Jace. “‘Dear Mr. Hemingway’: Modernism, the Market, and the Fan Mail Reception of A Farewell to Arms.” Hemingway Review 37, no. 1 (Fall 2017): 85-107.