A Way to Live Now: How Journalism Shaped Ernest Hemingway - Hardcover

Fenstermaker, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807182575 ISBN 13: 9780807182574

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 2025

Synopsis

A Way to Live Now juxtaposes the dual roles of fiction writer and journalist throughout the career of Ernest Hemingway. Focusing on the author's appearances in Esquire over forty years, John Fenstermaker traces the evolving nature of Hemingway's presence in its pages: first as the author of twenty-five essays (1933-1936) and six short stories (1936-1939), then as a popular subject for interactions among editors, subscribers, and critics (1933-1961), a process that continued posthumously with reprintings, miscellanea, and reader commentaries (1961-1973). Developing a friendship and correspondence with founding editor Arnold Gingrich, Hemingway contributed to twenty-eight of the magazine's first thirty-three issues, including classic pieces such as ""On the Blue Water"" and ""The Snows of Kilimanjaro."" Through Esquire, Fenstermaker finds a portal for tracing a documentary record of Hemingway as both writer and public figure.

Filled with incisive commentaries on his roles as reporter, essayist, and fiction writer, A Way to Live Now: How Journalism Shaped Ernest Hemingway offers new perspectives on the eventful life and work of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors and complicated personalities.

About this title

About the Author

John Fenstermaker is the Fred L. Standley Professor of English and Distinguished Teacher, Emeritus, at Florida State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807182575
• ISBN 13: 9780807182574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240