With Hemingway's work arousing a new surge of interest, the need is evident for a new, responsible critical approach to his craft. It is to this point, of dealing with the writer's artistry, that Grebstein addresses himself--to "those aspects of structure, language, and narrative technique which distinguishes his writing from all other." And in a manner that is genuinely new in Hemingway criticism Mr. Grebstein undertakes a thorough analysis of the elements of craft which characterized Hemingway's skill as a writer.
An important addition to this book is the Appendix which reprints several significant passages which were deleted from two of the major works, A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls.