Hemingway

Kenneth S. Lynn

Harvard University Press, Mar 3, 1995 - Biography & Autobiography - 702 pages

Ernest Hemingway was a mythic figure of overt masculinity and vibrant literary genius. He lived life on an epic scale, presenting to the world a character as compelling as the fiction he created. But behind it all lurked an insecure, troubled man. In this immensely powerful and revealing study, Kenneth S. Lynn explores the many tragic facets that both nurtured Hemingway’s work and eroded his life. Masterfully written, Hemingway brings to life the writer whose desperate struggle to exorcise his demons produced some of the greatest American fiction of this century.

Contents

• 18991919: 13
• I Had a Wonderful Novel to Write About Oak Park: 15
• A Peculiar Idea: 28
• A Land of Magic: 49
• The Championship Game: 66
• 19191923: 91
• Rejection Slips: 95
• The Worlds a Jail and Were Going to Break It Together: 124
• Americans in Paris: 148
• Dragons Teeth: 173
• Sports: 192
• 19231926: 217
• Nick in the Stories Was Never Himself: 219
• We Have More Fun Together All the Time: 249
• Harold and Horace Scott and Zelda: 264
• Betrayals: 289
• Double Meanings: 317
• 19261936: 339
• I Loved Her Fine: 341
• A Hollow Man: 365
• Mens Morbida in Corpore Sano: 394
• The Big Out: 424
• Horrors: 525
• How Do You Like It Now Gentlemen?: 545
• The Country Is Beautiful Around Here: 565
• Acknowledgments: 595
• Bibliography: 655
• Index: 669

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hemingway
• Author: Kenneth S. Lynn
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0674387325, 9780674387324
• Length: 702 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures; Literary Criticism / American / General; Literary Criticism / General