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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2020
Print publication year:
2015
Online ISBN:
9781108937696
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937696
Subjects:
Literature, Literary Texts, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies
Series:
The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway (3)
Information

Book description

The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 3: 1926–1929, featuring many previously unpublished letters, follows a rising star as he emerges from the literary Left Bank of Paris and moves into the American mainstream. Maxwell Perkins, legendary editor at Scribner's, nurtured the young Hemingway's talent, accepting his satirical novel Torrents of Spring (1926) in order to publish what would become a signature work of the twentieth century: The Sun Also Rises (1926). By early 1929 Hemingway had completed A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's letters of this period also reflect landmark events in his personal life, including the dissolution of his first marriage, his remarriage, the birth of his second son, and the suicide of his father. As the volume ends in April 1929, Hemingway is setting off from Key West to return to Paris and standing on the cusp of celebrity as one of the major writers of his time.

Awards

Honourable Mention, 2016 PROSE Award for Literature

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

Reviews

'Reading Hemingway's letters is to go back in time by stepping into the fascinating world of a revolutionary wordsmith; a voyage through decades to the very moments when literature was taking a sudden bend in the road; a shift that was being steered by the father of modern literature. Indeed, the value of these letters cannot be overstated.'

Nick Mafi Source: Esquire

'Scholars will be deeply absorbed; general readers will find enjoyment and enlightenment.'

Steve Paul Source: Booklist

'Away from the chisel work of his early fiction … the letters show Hemingway at play in figurative language, humour, meandering sentences and desultory subjects.'

Naomi Wood - Literary Review

‘What's most enjoyable is how lacking in self-consciousness Papa could be; he didn't yet realise people would be keeping his bits of paper. Or he simply didn't care, so one sees the brilliance and offensiveness all at once.'

Source: The Tablet

'…meticulously edited.'

Nicolaus Mills Source: The Daily Beast

'Volume Three’s letters are an invaluable record of Hemingway as a professional author. There is less on his aesthetic than in earlier correspondence - Hemingway is more confident now in his art. But his writing methods are covered in detail.'

James McNamara Source: Australian Book Review

'… an astonishing scholarly achievement.'

Phillip Lopate Source: The Times Literary Supplement

'Scholars of Hemingway will no doubt value the completeness of the work. This volume is painstakingly yet unobtrusively annotated.'

Byron Landry Source: The Hopkins Review

'The quality of the ancillary details on each page is (in my experience) unmatched by other letters- compilations of famous writers - a testament to the passion, skill, and dedication of the editorial team. The collection is a great achievement and a superb resource for scholars of Hemingway’s work and American literatures more generally.'

Source: The Hemingway Review

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