List of posts

CHAPTERS

The Hemingway Enigma — Preface

The Hemingway Enigma — Introduction

Sorting the fact from fiction

Subjectivity: is an objective judgment of a literary work possible

Constructing 'Papa' Hemingway: What will it be — 'pure artist' or 'national celebrity'?

Personality, mental and physical health

The writer, the journalist, the insider, the expert

'Rules on writing' and Hemingway's 'Theory of omission'

Hemingway and 'the truth', a 'truly' odd relationship

The Sun Also Rises and the 'lost generation' — Part I

The Sun Also Rises and the 'lost generation' — Part II

The modernist writer — Part I

The modernist writer — Part II

The theology of evaluating Hemingway — Part I

The theology of evaluating Hemingway — Part II

The theology of evaluating Hemingway — Part III

Caveat lector — Part I: Enter academia

Caveat lector — Part II: ‘Proving’ the artistry

Caveat lector — Part III: The von Däniken way

Caveat lector — Part IV: Intellectual overkill

Caveat lector — Part V: The Rorschach effect

Caveat lector — Part VI: William of Occam writes

POTTED BIOGRAPHIES

1899-1920 — Early life - Part I

1899-1920 — Early life - Part II

1921-1929 — Paris years, early success, first divorce and second marriage - Part I

1921-1929 — Paris years, early success, first divorce and second marriage - Part II

1921-1929 — Paris years, early success, first divorce and second marriage - Part III

1921-1929 — Paris years, early success, first divorce and second marriage - Part IV

1921-1929 — Paris years, early success, first divorce and second marriage - Part V

1929-1940 — Part I: Fame and growing wealth

1929-1940 — Part II: Poor sales, affairs and marriage breaking up

1929-1940 — Part III: Second divorce, third marriage and a bestseller

QUOTES ABOUT HEMINGWAY, THE MAN AND HIS WORK

Quotes about The Sun Also Rises from contemporary reviewers, biographers and commentators

Quotes about long fiction and non-fiction

Quotes about Hemingway the man, his writing and style

Quotes about Hemingway ‘the legend’

Various quotes on Hemingway, the man, his writing, his style and related matters

SUNDRIES

Links to reviews, papers, essays and commentaries mentioned in various posts

Various commentaries, literary theories, book reviews and dissertations alluded to in these pages

Reading list