Bloom S How To Write About Ernest Hemingway

Offers advice on writing essays about the works of author Ernest Hemingway and lists sample topics from his novels and stories.

Presents a brief biography of Ernest Hemingway, extracts of major critical essays, plot summaries, and an index of themes and ideas.

The works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez attracts the interest of both historians and literary critics as his fiction has helped bring greater exposure of Latin American culture to the rest of the world. Editor Harold Bloom cites the literary origins of Marquez as being "Faulkner, crossed by Kafka." The Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner's best-known works, including One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, and The General in His Labyrinth, are explored in depth in this indispensable resource. Students of literature will find tips for writing effective essays on Marquez and his works.

Considered one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway composed many classic works, including;The Sun Also Rises,;For Whom the Bell Tolls, and;A Farewell to Arms, earning the Nobel Prize in Lite.

Hemingway's last work published during his lifetime remains one of his most popular and best known. A man's symbolic quest to land the catch of a lifetime engages classic themes of the human struggle against nature as well as explores the intersection of expectation and desire. Features a bibliography and notes on the essay contributors.

Presents a collection of essays by leading academic critics on the structure, characters, and themes of the novel.

Provides a detailed introduction to writing an essay about literature and presents and discusses sample topics based on ten pieces by Mark Twain.

Traces Hemingway's critical fortunes over the ninety years of his prominence, telling us something about what we value in literature and why scholarly reputations rise and fall.