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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2020
Print publication year:
2017
Online ISBN:
9781139051361
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139051361
Subjects:
Literature, Literary Texts, American Literature, English Literature 1900-1945
Series:
The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway (4)
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Book description

The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 4, spanning April 1929 through 1931, featuring many previously unpublished letters, records the establishment of Ernest Hemingway as an author of international renown following the publication of A Farewell to Arms. Breaking new artistic ground in 1930, Hemingway embarks upon his first and greatest non-fiction work, his treatise on bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon. Hemingway, now a professional writer, demonstrates a growing awareness of the literary marketplace, successfully negotiating with publishers and agents and responding to fan mail. In private we see Hemingway's generosity as he provides for his family, offers support to friends and colleagues, orchestrates fishing and hunting expeditions, and sees the birth of his third son. Despite suffering injuries to his writing arm in a car accident in November 1930, Hemingway writes and dictates an avalanche of letters that record in colorful and eloquent prose the eventful life and achievements of an enormous personality.

Awards

Winner, 2024 Lyman H. Butterfield Award, Association for Documentary Editing

Reviews

'The sheer fun of this series is that it seats the reader right in Papa’s chair. You travel with him in body (physical ailments) and mind (fulminations of thoughts), armed only with yourself, Hemingway’s madcap voice running in your head, and perhaps a Highball or two to savour along the way.'

N. J. McGarrigle Source: The Irish Times

‘These letters bring us closer to the rough, everyday mind of Hemingway than was previously possible, as we tramp alongside him in what feels like real time.’

Philip Lopate Source: The Times Literary Supplement

'… impeccable, from the punctilious transcription rules to cross- and multiple-editing, scrupulously researched footnotes, and scholarly appurtenances including a roster of correspondents …'

William Blazek Source: The Modern Language Review

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