American author and journalist Ernest Hemingway exemplified his literary style with novels like The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway’s adventurous life inspired these stories. From running with the bulls in Spain to fighting in World War II, Hemingway was a larger than life celebrity known for his machismo and literary skill. Hemingway’s talent was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His writing style, which consists of short sentences that describe the external world, changed American literature forever.
Story Length: 9:05
WBUR
06/29/2011
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How is Ernest Hemingway remembered and represented in modern culture?
What was the standard literary sentence like before Hemingway? How did Hemingway write?
How did Hemingway explore emotions and characters in his writing without explicitly describing them?
Why does the literary critic argue the opening scene of “A Farewell to Arms” is a metaphor for the entire story?
