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Ernest Hemingway and the Short Story

by Zennure Köseman
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781680537109
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Academica Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Academica Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 114
  • Original Price: USD 139.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 323 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): American / General

Ernest Hemingway pioneered the short story genre by prioritizing economy of prose. He also wrote the shortest short story: his famous six-word "For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn!" The whole story embodies these words, which are semantically meaningful. Influenced by Edgar Allan Poe's "single-effect" theory, each story drives the reader to concentrate on a substantial controlling idea that directs the story from beginning to end.


A writer of the "Lost Generation," Hemingway went to Europe during World War I to master writing. He also served at the front. He used his experiences then, before, and after to craft a highly original approach to the short story, involving thematic issues around marriage, war, friendship, bullfighting, love, nature, and enemies. He also explored themes of alienation, isolation, existential philosophy, meaninglessness, nihilism, and aimlessness. Hemingway's wide perspective invites an intense subjectivity, uniting with readers who become an active part of the interpretation. Zennure Köseman's new book offers a deft exploration of this craft.

Zennure Köseman is Associate Professor at Inönü University, in Malatya, Turkey. She received her B.A. in English Language and Literature from Hacettepe University. She holds an M.A. in History from Bilkent University, focusing on American, British, and Ottoman histories, and a Ph.D. from Hacettepe University's American Culture and Literature Department.

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