A great deal has been written about Hemingway's distinctive style. In fact, the two great stylists of twentieth-century American literature are William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, and the styles of the two writers are so vastly different that there can be no comparison. read more
A great deal has been written about Hemingway's distinctive style. In fact, the two great stylists of twentieth-century American literature are William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, and the styles of the two writers are so vastly different that there can be no comparison. read more
Hemingway has often been described as a master of dialog, and most readers agree, upon being first introduced to his writing, that"this is the way these characters would really talk." It is interesting to note, however, that Hemingway's one attempt at playwriting was a failure. read more
“A great deal has been written about Hemingway's distinctive style. In fact, the two great stylists of twentieth-century American literature are William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, and the styles of the two writers are so vastly different that there can be no comparison. read more
In Observations on the Style of Ernest Hemingway, from"Contexts of Criticism" by Harry Levin (Harvard University Press, 1957), the critic says:"Hemingway puts his emphasis on nouns because, among other parts of speech, they come closest to things. read more
The Iceberg Theory (sometimes known as the"theory of omission") is a style of writing (turned colloquialism) coined by American writer Ernest Hemingway. As a young journalist, Hemingway had to focus his newspaper reports on immediate events, with very little context or interpretation. read more