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Hemingway's art of revision : the making of the short fiction / John Beall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beall, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--Editing.
- Fiction.
- Short stories, American--History and criticism.
- Short stories, American.
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Criticism, Textual.
- Hemingway, Ernest.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Louisiana State University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Hemingway’s Art of Revision: The Making of the Short Fiction by John Beall explores the meticulous process of revision employed by Ernest Hemingway in crafting his short stories. The book examines Hemingway's collaboration with literary figures such as Ezra Pound and his interactions with the works of contemporaries like James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. Beall offers insights into Hemingway's creative process by analyzing drafts, manuscripts, and revisions of notable stories including 'In Our Time,' 'The Big Two-Hearted River,' and 'Hills Like White Elephants.' The author aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Hemingway’s development as a writer and craftsman. The book is intended for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of literary studies, particularly those interested in Hemingway’s work and the art of writing. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction
- 1 Pound’s Influence on Hemingway’s Revision of in our time
- 2 Joyce’s “The Sisters” and Hemingway’s Revision of “Indian Camp”
- 3 Stein, Joyce, and Hemingway’s Rewriting “Cat in the Rain”
- 4 Revising “Big Two-Hearted River”
- 5 Revising “The Battler” and “The Killers”
- 6 Revising “Now I Lay Me”
- 7 Revising “Hills Like White Elephants”
- 8 Revising “A Way You’ll Never Be”
- 9 Revising “The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio”
- 10 From “Tomb of My Grandfather” to “Fathers and Sons”
- Conclusion
- NOTES
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8071-8223-0
- 0-8071-8224-9
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