For most Hemingway scholars, the chapters on "content" and "text" will provide little new information what is satisfying, however, is the exhaustiveness of the footnotes. This reference guide is no exception, as she uses the categories of "content," "texts," "contexts," "ideas," "narrative art," and "reception" to provide a blended methodology with which to explore the novel. In a mere 172 pages, Wagner Martin synthesizes the extant range of scholarship, providing through her insightful commentary and exhaustive documentation an essential handbook to perhaps Hemingway's most intriguing novel.Ī key strength of Wagner-Martin's work is her ability to organize a diverse range of material efficiently. Hardcover $49.95.Įrnest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: A Reference Guide is yet another indispensable addition to Hemingway scholarship by Linda Wagner-Martin. Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: A Reference Guide.
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