Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. ... After Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, he became acquainted with Ernest Hemingway while in Paris. ... This is when Hemingway began work on one of his most famous novels, A Farewell to Arms. ... In 1953, Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize with his work, The Old Man and the Sea. ... Then in 1961, Ernest Hemingway unfortunately died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds and a literary icon was lost forever (Ernest Hemingway Biography). ...

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Abstract Ernest Hemingway's prose has left a lasting impression on the way American literature is written and taught. ... For nearly a century, critics and readers alike have praised Ernest Hemingway for his powerful and sparse prose. ... This was reinforced when a snippet of a retyped Henry James quote was found among the pages of his unfinished manuscript of "A Farewell to Arms." ... (Marital) Though the specifics of his unique and revolutionary style are well known to students of Ernest Hemingway, it is worth our time to revisit what it is exactly that makes his style so notable. ......

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Mario Vargas Llosa's essay "Why Literature?" raises several interesting points. He emphasizes the important place literature holds in our society and the ability it has to initiate change. He also states that literature must be radical, rebellious, and extreme to be considered great, and that only t...

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