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. ... Bernard Bereson summarized brilliantly what it is about Hemingway's prose that makes it so powerful when he provided a blurb for The Old Man and the Sea at Hemingway's prompting. (The Old Man and the Sea is) communicated in prose as calm and compelling as Homer's verse. ... (Hemingway, Ernest 785) The fundamental piece of this letter is t...

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