{"product_id":"reading-hemingways-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-glossary-and-commentary-paperback-softback-9781606354728","title":"Reading Hemingway's for Whom the Bell Tolls; Glossary and Commentary (Paperback \/ softback) 9781606354728","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading Hemingway's for Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGlossary and Commentary\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlex Vernon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781606354728\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Meticulously researched and assembled by a widely respected authority on \u003cem\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/em\u003e, this compendium is an extremely useful guide to the many references, allusions, and Spanish phrases in the novel.\"—Milton Cohen, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Pull of Politics: Steinbeck, Wright, Hemingway,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand the Left in the Late 1930s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The farther the world of the Spanish Civil War recedes into the past, the more anyone who wants to fully understand Hemingway's ambitious novel can use a guidebook like this one. With his lifetime of engagement with Hemingway, Alex Vernon is exactly the right person to write it, and he has done a splendid and thorough job.\"—Adam Hochschild, \u003cstrong\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eSpain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone interested in understanding Hemingway's achievement in this important and controversial novel will find Alex Vernon's \u003cem\u003eReading Hemingway's \u003c\/em\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls indispensable. —Laurence W. Mazzeno, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Critics and Hemingway, 1924-2014: Shaping an American Literary Icon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\"Alex Vernon has written the indispensable companion to \u003cem\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls.\u003c\/em\u003e Beautifully researched, this volume elucidates the historical forces, figures, places, and events essential to a deep understanding of this masterpiece set against the complexities of the Spanish Civil War. With vital insights into the novel's composition, its manuscript, its major themes, and Hemingway's craft, this book will be deeply appreciated by students and scholars alike.\" —Carl Eby, author of \u003cem\u003eHemingway's Fetishism: Psychoanalysis and the Mirror of Manhood \u003c\/em\u003eand coeditor of \u003cem\u003eHemingway's Spain: Imagining the Spanish World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA line-by-line analysis of one of Hemingway's greatest novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1940, Ernest Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/em\u003e is widely considered a masterpiece of war literature. A bestseller upon its release, the novel has long been both admired and ridiculed for its depiction of Robert Jordan's military heroism and wartime romance. Yet its validation of seemingly conflicting narratives and its rendering of the intricate world its characters inhabit, as well as its dense historical, literary, and biographical allusions, have made it a work that remains a focus of interest and study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlex Vernon, in this contribution to the Reading Hemingway series, mines the historical record to unprecedented depths, examining Hemingway's drafts and correspondence, synthesizing the body of literary criticism about the novel, and engaging in close textual analysis. As a result, new and important insights into the complex situation of the Spanish Civil War—integral to the novel—emerge, enriching our understanding of the novel. Through Vernon's comprehensive work, contemporary readers and scholars are reminded that \u003cem\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/em\u003e is still vital, significant, and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Kent State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52745008382232,"sku":"9781606354728","price":29.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-hemingways-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-glossary-and-commentary-paperback-softback-9781606354728","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}