The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 2, 1923–1925

Hemingway's letters, many previously unpublished, trace his literary apprenticeship in the legendary milieu of expatriate Paris (1923–1925).

Ernest Hemingway (Author), Sandra Spanier (Edited by), Albert J. DeFazio III (Edited by), Robert W. Trogdon (Edited by)

9780521897341, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 September 2013

604 pages, 43 b/w illus. 6 maps
23.5 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm, 1.08 kg

'… this volume will most likely never be superseded. It is crucial contribution to literary history.' Mark Ott, American Literary History

The Letters of Ernest Hemingway documents the life and creative development of a gifted artist and outsized personality whose work would both reflect and transform his times. Volume 2 (1923–1925) illuminates Hemingway's literary apprenticeship in the legendary milieu of expatriate Paris in the 1920s. We witness the development of his friendships with the likes of Sylvia Beach, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Dos Passos. Striving to 'make it new', he emerges from the tutelage of Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein to forge a new style, gaining recognition as one of the most formidable talents of his generation. In this period, Hemingway publishes his first three books, including In Our Time (1925), and discovers a lifelong passion for Spain and the bullfight, quickly transforming his experiences into fiction as The Sun Also Rises (1926). The volume features many previously unpublished letters and a humorous sketch that was rejected by Vanity Fair.

General editor's preface Sandra Spanier
Acknowledgments
Note on the text
Abbreviations and short titles
Introduction to the volume J. Gerald Kennedy
Chronology
Maps
The letters, 1923–1925
Roster of correspondents
Calendar of letters
Index of recipients
General index.

Subject Areas: First World War [HBWN], Literary reference works [DSR], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH]