Ernest Hemingway

Guide to Hemingway’s life and work, mainly reprinting criticism by such well-known literary critics as Edmund Wilson, Lionel Trilling, and Philip Young. Bloom’s brief introduction focuses on the unfinished “The Last Good Country,” lambasting the story as self-parody. Concludes with a chronology of the author’s life, list of Hemingway’s works, and additional readings. See annotations for original essays below.