The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Critical Overview
Historically, critics have been divided on the merits of Hemingway’s work. While contemporary critics praised Hemingway’s mastery of form and narration, later critics took Hemingway to task for the limitations of his themes, for his perceived sexism, and for his extremely negative views of human life. Recent critical opinion has come to see Hemingway primarily as a stylist who has nothing profound or deeply original to say about the human condition, and although his influence on today’s short story writers is difficult to overstate, many critics today believe that Hemingway is...
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