Ernest Hemingway by Carlos Baker
Now hailed as a classic, Carlos Baker's bestselling biography brings into sharp focus one of the titans of twentieth-century American literature, a writer whose life itself was the stuff of legend. Baker draws not only on Hemingway's unpublished writings but on the personal testimony of the artists and writers, sportsmen and soldiers who played a part in his career. The scenes are spectacular, and the gallery of characters is a panorama of the literary history of our time: Fitzgerald, Ford, Pound, Stein, Dos Passos. Baker reveals a man of baffling complexity behind the myths and mystique of the Hemingway persona--volcanic, mercurial, frequently tortured, consumed with anxiety, never uninteresting. Here are the many faces of Hemingway: boxer, drinker, humorist, fisherman, hunter, lover, activist, and above all, the most influential prose stylist of the century.Carlos Baker (1909-1987) was Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature. At Dartmouth, Harvard, and Princeton, he received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees, respectively. Baker published several novels and poetry collections, as well as literary criticism and articles and a biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780380500390 |
| ISBN 10 | 0380500396 |
| Title | Ernest Hemingway |
| Author | Carlos Baker |
| Series | Discuss Book |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Avon Books |
| Year published | 1982-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 977 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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