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Fame became of him: Hemingway as public writer.
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National Review
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December 14, 1984
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1984 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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THE PECULIAR FATE of Ernest Hemingway after the publication of A Farewell to Arms in 1929 has always been a matter for critical speculation. By 1929, he was a hero of art, a selfless craftsman who had written some of the most concentrated prose in the English language. By the end of the Thirties, he had written little that matched his work of the Twenties. John Raeburn offers a theory why, and his study is immensely valuable for an understanding of this major American writer.
Raeburn puts his case succinctly: Ernest Hemingway's rise to literary eminence was accompanied by a different kind of fame--personal fame--which at first was subordinate to his literary renown, rather ...
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