Title
Ernest Hemingway, 1917-1918: First Work, First War
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Examines Hemingway’s letters to his parents and sisters while a cub reporter in Kansas City and later as a volunteer ambulance driver at the Italian front. Concludes that the exaggeration in these early letters, intended to dominate, impress, and gain approval, reveals the initial stages of Hemingway’s lifelong obsession with creating and perfecting a sophisticated and accomplished public image.
Date
2014
Pages
14-35
COinS
Citation
Paul, Steve, Gail Sinclair, and Steven Trout, eds. War + Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway’s Early Life and Writings. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2014.