- Title
- The Last Great Cause: Hemingway s Spanish Civil War Writing
- Publication Details
- Fitzgerald & Hemingway: Works and Days, pp.371-451
- Annotation
- Discusses Hemingway s time in Spain in 1937-1938 and the various forms of writing inspired by it, e.g. war correspondence, drama, fiction. Focuses on his growing leftist sympathies and interest in the war; relationships with Martha Gellhorn, Joris Ivens, and Herbert Matthews; and work with NANA and Ken. Examines the process of writing For Whom the Bell Tolls and how Hemingway s experiences play into the plot. Concludes that Spain instilled Hemingway with the importance of freedom and friendship, and that he did not abandon his conviction that the lost cause had been worth the effort. Comments on writings of the period, including To Have and Have Not, Green Hills of Africa, Night Before Battle, Under the Ridge, and Who Murdered the Vets? .
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015136279203691
Book chapter
The Last Great Cause: Hemingway s Spanish Civil War Writing
Fitzgerald & Hemingway: Works and Days, pp.371-451
2009
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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