hemingway- biographical notes Flashcards
strength of hemingway as a write
style is journalistic, succinct, minimalist. He uses the ice-berg theory.
what experience inspired A Farewell to Arms
his experience in WWI, especially when he fell in love with Agnes
What is the lost generation, and what is another name for the group.
ex-patriots
a group of writes who were disillusioned with America after WWI and met in Paris, in Gertrude Stein’s house and wrote together. Stein named them the lost generation.
who does the lost generation include
Esra Pound f. scott fitzgerald t.s. elliot sherwood anderson gertrude stein
subject matter of the sun also rises
bull fighting in spain
unrequited love
what is the theory of the iceberg
that omission can be powerful
name the fiction accounts of bullfighting and safari, game hunting that seem to be dull, instruction books. list them both
death in the afternoon
green hills of africa
name the novel that documents the bloodies fighting of WWII
across the river and into the trees
