Ernest Criticism:
Finding Information on Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises
A Carolina Day School Library Resource Guide
Reference Books:
—Best Bet Novels for Students . REF 809 TEL v.5
25-page article on Sun , including sections on theme, style, characters, context, critical overview, and criticism reprinted from various writers.
—Best Bet Critical Survey of Long Fiction . REF 809.3 Cri 2000 v.3
H section discusses his life and literature.
—Best Bet American Writers: Selected Authors . REF 810.9 AME v.2 1998
23-page article on H surveys his life and works.
—Best Bet Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature . REF 810.3 Oxf 2003
Vol. 2 has articles on Sun and H. Check the index in the last volume for other subjects (modernism is discussed in several articles--look under "Hemingway and modernism, especially)
Magill's Survey of American Literature . REF 810.9 MAG v.3
Biographical material, analysis of his career, and a section on Sun .
Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature . REF 810.3 Har 2002
Article on H and his works. Separate short article on Sun . Short article on Modernism.
Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature . REF 810.3 Enc 2001
Articles on H and Modernism and a host of topics.
Thematic Guide to the American Novel . Ref 813.009 Ada 2002
The chapter on "Male Behavior" discusses three novels: Sun , Deliverance, and Shiloh.
Contemporary Literary Criticism , volumes 1,3, & 8. REF 809 CON
This set reproduces articles or parts of articles from journals, prefaces, and books of criticism. Check under "Hemingway." There's some good commentary about Sun , but you'll have to search through the articles.
Chronology of American Literature . REF 810.9 Chr 2004
What happened year by year. A short essay on "The Birth of Modernism" begins on page 335.
Encyclopedia Britannica . REF 031 Bri v13
The 20th Century section of the American Literature article has a very good overview and helps to clarify how H fit into the context of the period.
American Decades: 1920-1929 . REF 973.92 Ame 1996
This history book has a good short article on "Literary Modernism" in the "Arts" chapter that helps put the movement in a larger historical context. The H article deals with "the writer as celebrity" and "sports and war as literature". See if you agree with the claim in the last sentence.
So What on Earth Does That Mean, Exactly?:
A Handbook to Literature . REF 803 Har 1999
Great place to find explanations of literary terms. The entries for "Lost Generation" and "Modern" are interesting.
Literary Terms: A Dictionary . REF 803 BEC
Another good dictionary of literary terms. Look under "Modernism."
Circulating Books on Hemingway and American Literature in the 1920s
(on the Reserve Book Cart; may only be checked out overnight; due back the next morning before classes begin)
Readings on Ernest Hemingway . 813.09 HEM
The Cambridge Companion to Ernest Hemingway . 813.09 HEM
Critical Essays on Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. 813.09 Hem 1995
Hemingway: A Collection of Critical Essays . 813.09 HEM
Bright Book of Life: American Novelists and Storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer . 813.09 KAZ
American Writing in the Twentieth Century . 810.9 THO
Good articles on 20 th century American literature. H's work is mentioned in the articles on "Caste and Class in the Novel, 1920-1950" and "The Persistence of Naturalism in the Novel."
The Twenties Poetry and Prose: 20 Critical Essays . 810.9 LAN
Three articles are largely about H or Sun and one discusses H, Faulkner, and the 1920s.
The Hidden God: Studies in Hemingway, Faulkner, Yeats, Eliot, and Warren . 810.93 BRO
The Book That Changed My Life: Interview with National Book Award Winners and Finalists . 810.9 Boo
Find out why Sun is one of Robert Stone's favorite novels and the influence he believe it had on American literature and culture.
Literary Feuds . 810.9 Art 2002
H's feud with G. Stein and why Sun was published by a different publishing house.
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the 20s . 810.9 Mea 2004
Expatriates and Patriots : American Artists, Scholars, and Writers in Europe . 813.09 EAR
The following reserve books have at least one essay on Hemingway or Sun :
Twentieth-Century American Writers . 810.9 Mee 2000
Literary Opinion in America, volume II . 801.950 ZAB
Literature in America: An Anthology of Literary Criticism . 810.9 RAH
Forms of Modern Fiction: Essays . 809.304 FOR
Writers at Work . 808.856 WRI
Modern American Fiction . 813.09 LIT
Cavalcade of the American Novel . 813.09 WAG
Fifteen Modern American Authors . 813.09 Bry
The Nature of Fiction . 813.09 REH
Finding Criticism in Another Library's Catalogue
You may want to look at books at UNC-A or the public library. Remember that you can find the books owned by those libraries right here at CDS by checking their online catalogues--there are links on the CDS Library's web site.
There are many books, called literary criticism , that analyze certain writers' works. Some deal with characters, scenes, or themes commonly found in a particular writer's work. Other books may deal with only one work, especially if it is well known or influential.
To find these books in a library catalogue, look up your author as a subject (you want books about the author and his/her work, not by the author). In a large library, you may have to look at the subheading under the author's name called “Criticism and interpretation” (example: Welty, Eudora – Criticism and interpretation ) to differentiate from the books dealing mostly with the author's life. There may even be subheadings for particularly well-known works.
Online Databases
The Student Resource Center
Access from the library's main web page -- be sure to take a slip with the passwords so you can get to this database from home 24/7).
Articles : There are some fabulous articles on Sun . To get to them, go to the Literature search after you log in. Choose Title Search , and type sun also rises in the box. You should have several reference articles come up first. After you're through with those, click on the tab marked Magazines and Journals . Remember that you can email these articles to yourself, or print them as you see them--be sure to use the Print icon to get a cleaner copy.
Hemingway : Choose the Author search. There are hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles and reference book entries on H's work and his life. You'll also find a primary document (an interview) and photographs.
Other : Check out the other searches for information about Modernism, The Lost Generation, or whatever!
NCLive Databases ( http://www.nclive.org )
NCLive is a host of databases brought to you by your local public (or academic) library. You must have a library card and a password to access these databases. You can access NCLive from the CDS Library webpage.
Biographical Information
Need a little info on Ernest and his friends to put it all in perspective? Try these fine resources:
American National Biography . REF 920.073 Ame 1999
Encyclopedia of World Biography . REF 920 ENC
Current Biography (1942 - 1999). REF 920.003 CUR
The Biography Resource Center database. Available from the CDS Library's main web page.
General encyclopedias : REF 031
Web sites:
The Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park
H was born in Oak Park. This site is good for biographical links. http://www.hemingway.org/
Voice of the Shuttle: Modern British and American Literature
The U of California hosts this site. Find a host of Modernism and 1920s' links at the top, then scroll on down past the British authors to the American ones. http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2747
CNN developed a web site devoted to Hemingway during the centenary of his birth. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/books/1999/hemingway/
"The Ernest Hemingway Foundation was established in 1965 by Mary Hemingway, Ernest's widow, 'for the purposes of awakening, sustaining an interest in, promoting, fostering, stimulating, supporting, improving and developing literature and all forms of literary composition and expression.'" http://www.hemingwaysociety.org/
Info about H, but not too helpful for literary criticism. "Ernest Hemingway was the most influential writer of the last century. Explore our site to learn more about his adventurous life and his groundbreaking literary work." http://www.lostgeneration.com/
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