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Ernest Hemingway General Literary Criticism
Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899. He worked in a newspaper office at the age of 17. He joined the Red Cross Ambulance Corps since he did not get through medical examination and was rejected as a recruit for the US Army. Some of his popular works "A Natural History of the Dead”, “The Sun Also Rises”, “A Farewell to Arms”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, “The Old Man and the Sea” and “The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories”. |
Though Ernest Hemingway is regarded as one of the best American novelists, he too faced criticism for his work like any other renowned writer. Some of his contemporaries commented that his writing style was cynical and hard boiled. While some of the critics carried an opinion that his writing did not carry any emotional appeal. Another group thought that his creation had an emotional touch filled with contradictions since all the sentiments and sympathetic feelings were directed to the inner self. Since these sensitive feelings were suppressed internally, Hemingway expresses them with vibrancy and conviction which appears unemotional.
Hemingway was successful in capturing the attention of the reader throughout the reading experience. He paid attention to minutest details and narrated the series of events in a very intelligent manner. But the recognition of his work was pretty adventurous as it produced extreme reactions. Some of his writings were burnt on May 10, 1933, which actually took him a step towards world fame.
Hemingway’s initial writings were found to be crude and vulgar written in a coarse style that his parents were furious and sent it back to the publisher for editing. It was also shocking for some members outside his family. But it was precisely this unique style which earned him his own fans.
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