The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Baker, Carlos. Hemingway: The Writer as Artist, 4th edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1972. 438 p.
Definitive, biographical study of Hemingway's works that includes discussions of The Old Man and the Sea.
Criticism
Adair, William. "Eighty-Five as a Lucky Number: A Note on The Old Man and the Sea" Notes on Contemporary Literature 8, No. 1 (1978): 9.
Claims that when the numbers eight and five are added, subtracted, or multiplied, the result is always a significant number.
Backman, Melvin. "The Matador and the Crucified." In Ernest Hemingway: Critiques of Four Novels, pp. 135-143. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962.
Examines two major motifs in Hemingway's work—the matador, who releases force, and the crucified, who accepts pain—that are perfectly blended in The...
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