Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms

Wagner-Martin a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society offers a comprehensive guide to the novel''s genesis plot background themes style and critical reception. Each chapter overviews a significant element of the novel and includes thorough documentation. A bibliographic essay is also included.A landmark of American literature Hemingway''s A Farewell to Arms (1929) is one of the most widely read and studied novels of the 20th century. Written by a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society this reference is a comprehensive guide to the novel''s genesis plot background themes style and critical reception. Each chapter overviews a significant element of the novel and includes thorough documentation. The volume closes with a bibliographic essay which provides summaries of current criticism in such fields as gender and feminist theory medical humanities and lesbian and gay studies.