Curnutt, Kirk

Ernest Hemingway was a twentieth century American author and journalist known for his spare and direct writing style. Hemingway penned many novels and stories including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea, which earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Describes the life, works, historical and literary contexts, and critical reception of early-twentieth-century writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of "The Great Gatsby.".

Contains six essays in which the authors examine the historical context of the literary works of early twentieth-century American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, focusing on the cultural and intellectual climate of the 1920s and 1930s, and its influence on his writing.