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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Book Analysis)

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280801286756EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including war, love and the use of fantasy as a way of escaping reality. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Ernest Hemingway Presentation of A Farewell to Arms Summary of A Farewell to Arms Character study Frederic Henry Catherine Barkley Rinaldi Analysis of A Farewell to Arms Narrative point of view Love versus war Contribution to Modernism About A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms was first published in 1929 and draws on Hemingway’s experiences as an ambulance driver during the First World War, as well as his failed relationship with the Red Cross nurse Agnes von Kurowsky, which had a lasting effect on him. Kurowsky is widely believed to have inspired the character of Catherine Barkley, the nurse with whom the narrator and protagonist Frederic Henry falls in love. Their relationship is set against the backdrop of a brutal conflict, which is vividly and memorably rendered, resulting in an uncompromising view of the reality of war and its terrible effects. About Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential American authors of the 20th century. Several of his works are now considered classics, such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. He also worked as a journalist, and was present in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and in France during the Second World War as a war correspondent. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including war, love and the use of fantasy as a way of escaping reality. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Ernest Hemingway Presentation of A Farewell to Arms Summary of A Farewell to Arms Character study Frederic Henry Catherine Barkley Rinaldi Analysis of A Farewell to Arms Narrative point of view Love versus war Contribution to Modernism About A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms was first published in 1929 and draws on Hemingway’s experiences as an ambulance driver during the First World War, as well as his failed relationship with the Red Cross nurse Agnes von Kurowsky, which had a lasting effect on him. Kurowsky is widely believed to have inspired the character of Catherine Barkley, the nurse with whom the narrator and protagonist Frederic Henry falls in love. Their relationship is set against the backdrop of a brutal conflict, which is vividly and memorably rendered, resulting in an uncompromising view of the reality of war and its terrible effects. About Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential American authors of the 20th century. Several of his works are now considered classics, such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. He also worked as a journalist, and was present in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and in France during the Second World War as a war correspondent. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including war, love and the use of fantasy as a way of escaping reality. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear...
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including war, love and the use of fantasy as a way of escaping reality. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 56-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Ernest Hemingway
  • Presentation of A Farewell to Arms
  • Summary of A Farewell to Arms
  • Character study
    • Frederic Henry
    • Catherine Barkley
    • Rinaldi
  • Analysis of A Farewell to Arms
    • Narrative point of view
    • Love versus war
    • Contribution to Modernism

About A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms was first published in 1929 and draws on Hemingway’s experiences as an ambulance driver during the First World War, as well as his failed relationship with the Red Cross nurse Agnes von Kurowsky, which had a lasting effect on him. Kurowsky is widely believed to have inspired the character of Catherine Barkley, the nurse with whom the narrator and protagonist Frederic Henry falls in love. Their relationship is set against the backdrop of a brutal conflict, which is vividly and memorably rendered, resulting in an uncompromising view of the reality of war and its terrible effects.

About Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was one of the most influential American authors of the 20th century. Several of his works are now considered classics, such as The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. He also worked as a journalist, and was present in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and in France during the Second World War as a war correspondent. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

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