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Critical Insights: A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway’s 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms has been praised as “one of Hemingway’s best literary works.” His first-person wartime narrative follows incidents in the life of American lieutenant Frederick Henry, an ambulance corpsman in the Italian army.
The story develops as Henry engages in a turbulent love affair with nurse Catherine Barkley. The gritty five-part novel was alternatingly deemed “pornographic,” “offensive,” and “brilliant,” and was subjected to censorship and banning, all while being hailed as “the premier American war novel of World War I.”
Edited by Laura Nicosia and James F. Nicosia, this collection of essays engages in scholarly conversations about Hemingway’s novel—its reception, lineage, and legacy. Each essay in Critical Insights: A Farewell to Arms includes a list of Works Cited and detailed endnotes. In the final section, Resources, easy-to-follow lists are provided to help guide the reader through important dates and moments in the author’s life, beginning with a Chronology of Ernest Hemingway’s Life. This is followed by a list of Works by Ernest Hemingway and a Bibliography. Finally, this section closes with an About the Editor section, Contributors, and a detailed Index.
The Critical Insights Series distills the best of both classic and current literary criticism of the world’s most studied literature. Edited and written by some of academia’s most distinguished literary scholars, Critical Insights: A Farewell to Arms provides authoritative, in-depth scholarship that students and researchers will rely on for years. This volume is destined to become a valuable purchase for all.
