Title
War in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms
Document Type
Book
Annotation
Collection of reprinted essays by such well-known Hemingway scholars as Robert W. Lewis, Robert E. Gajdusek, and Lawrence R. Broer. Broken into three sections, the volume opens with a biographical overview of Hemingway’s life and career, including the inception, publication, and critical reception of A Farewell to Arms. Section two provides critical analyses of the novel’s themes of violence, masculinity, heroism, and religion. The volume closes with contemporary perspectives on war and death. Includes a chronology and bibliography of additional readings on Hemingway and war.
Date
2014
COinS
Citation
Haugen, David, and Susan Musser, eds. War in Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.” Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2014.