The Life and Works of Ernest Hemingway

Use the resources and search tips listed below in your search for information on Ernest Hemingway and his work.

 Print Resources:

Bloom's Notes - The Sun Also Rises (813.52 ERN)
Offers a wide selection of critical analyses by renowned scholars, as well as
concise biographical and bibliographical information and a comprehensive
thematic discussion of the plot.  Also includes thematic and structural analysis, list of characters, and index of themes and ideas.
   

Novels for Students (REF 808 NOV Vol. 5)
Each volume of Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of works from various cultures and time periods. .
  • Introductory essays that place each novel in its historical and literary context
  • Easy-to-understand discussions of the novel's themes, plot and characters
  • Analysis of the novel's literary construction
  • Age-appropriate critical commentary on the novel's significance for our times
  • A literary glossary that defines difficult terms
  • A timeline that juxtaposes literary and world events
  • Additional sources for further study
   

Literary Companion to American Literature -
Readings On The Sun Also Rises (813.REA)
Contains in-depth biography of author, a chronology of their life and career as
well as concurrent historical events, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
   
Literary Masters - Ernest Hemingway (813 REY)
Chapters include Chronology of Events in Hemingway's Life, About Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway at Work, Hemingway's Eras, Hemingway's Works, Hemingway on Hemingway, Hemingway as Studied, and much more.
   
Literary Masterpieces - The Sun Also Rises (813.52 DeF)
Chapters include About the Sun Also Rises, The Eveolution of the Sun also Rises, Themes in the Sun Also Rises, Critical Response to the Sun Also Rises, The Sun Also Rises in History, Adaptations of the Sun Also Rises, and more.

 

 Online Resources:

  Contemporary Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
     


 

Scribner's Writers Series
Includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner Print Series.
     

  Student Research Center Contains thousands of online  primary documents, biographies, topical essays, 
background information, and critical analyses of popular literature.  Select Literature Search tab, then type in title of work.  Click link to left to access database.
     

  The Twayne Authors Series
Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.
     

 Internet Resources:

Ernest Hemmingway - His Life and Work
American Masters - Ernest Hemingway: www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/hemingway_e.html

A Case of Identity - Ernest Hemingway: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/articles/hallengren/index.html

The Cambridge Companion to Hemingway - Brett and the Other Women in The Sun Also Rises: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9qFrwKJGcIIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA87&dq=hemingway,+criticism,+%
22the+sun+also+rises%22&ots=wp9e9rMVgH&sig=wpwq1wV47LB7Dx79GIX8a2fgC2A

The Cambridge Companion to Hemingway - Hemingway and Gender History:  http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9qFrwKJGcIIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA170&dq=hemingway,+%22critical+
 reception%22,+%22the+sun+also+rises%22&ots=wp9e9rJZoP&sig=kyFKTupwth6dZMRyaaCPiRA_Cm4

CNN - A Hemingway Retrospective: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/books/1999/hemingway/index.html

Ernest Hemingway: http://www.ernest.hemingway.com/

Ernest Hemingway's Places: http://www.literarytraveler.com/issue/ernest_hemingways_places.aspx

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises: A Casebook: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=giRG96HKM9oC&oi=fnd&pg=PA107&dq=hemingway,+criticism,
 +%22the+sun+also+rises%22&ots=Mm0LwBFzyW&sig=ZO_kmNJFWyLfKeTHj86BQFkU0EM#PPP11,M1

Hemingway - A Centennial Assessment: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/books/1999/hemingway/stories/nagel/

A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway: http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=JLZFiayzJ-0C&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=hemingway,+criticism,+%22the+sun+also+rises%22&ots=jVfecVJXFK&sig=giUQtbs
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Internet Public Library - Literary Criticism - Ernest Hemingway: www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=hem-826

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure: http://www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure/

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