hemingway sparknote article Flashcards
which two books are based on war experiences
A farewell to arms
For whom the bell tolls
describe a farewell to arms
red cross driver in WWI in italy and got injured
describe for whom the bell tolls
wrtiten as spanish civil war journalist
5 hemingway novels
a farewell to arms the sun also rises across the river and into the trees the old man and the sea for whom the bell tolls a death in the afternoon
two things of hemingway’s life that makes him masculine
war experiences- couragous
big game hunting, fishing, boxing, baseball, bullfighting
what are two american classics that the old man and the sea is put into the same category with
the bear by william faulkner
moby dick by herman melville
where did the expatriates go to write
Paris, France. home of gertrude stein
why did the expatriates go to france
disgusted with america after WWI. felt lonely for adventure/ commaraderie
who was part of the expatriates
f scott fitzgerald
ts elliot
sherwood anderson
esra pound
another name for the expatriates
the lost generation
what does hemingway’s “spare” writing style mean
succinct
minimalistic
using few words means each one must be powerful-journalistic- realistic- not overly descriptive
what year was the old man and the sea published
1952
what prize did the old man and the sea win in which year
1953-pulitzer
what year did hemingway win the nobel prize
1954
what reading of the novella reduces it to an act of literary revenge
that hemingway was the old man at the end of his career who was torn apart by critics but ultimately triumphs over them
how could the novella be read as a parable
it teaches a life lesson to men in general that man should continue to struggle for victory in a world that keeps knocking him down
which book do critics label as hemingway’s worst book
across the river and into the trees
when and how did hemingway die
1961 Ketchum, Idaho
suicide after struggling with bouts of depression
