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The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 3: 1926-1929, featuring many previously unpublished letters, follows a rising star as he emerges from the literary Left Bank of Paris and moves into the American mainstream. Maxwell Perkins, legendary editor at Scribner's, nurtured the young Hemingway's talent, accepting his satirical novel Torrents of Spring (1926) in order to publish what would become a signature work of the twentieth century: The Sun Also Rises (1926). By early 1929 Hemingway had completed A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's letters of this period also reflect landmark events in his personal life, including the dissolution of his first marriage, his remarriage, the birth of his second son, and the suicide of his father. As the volume ends in April 1929, Hemingway is setting off from Key West to return to Paris and standing on the cusp of celebrity as one of the major writers of his time.… (more)
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Some might add that there is never an end to the Hemingway marketing and publishing industry. It is a great time to be a Hemingway obsessive. On the one hand, Cambridge University Press is up to Volume 3 (1926-1929) of a
This 3rd volume of the letters contains those written from 1926-27 Europe with a March 1928 to March 1929 year in America on the verge of an April 1929 return to Paris. The lion’s share (about 20%) are those to his editor Maxwell Perkins regarding publishing, editing and royalty (with occasional hunting & fishing) issues. But there are also plenty of gossipy ones to authors & poets such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Archibald Macleish, John Dos Passos, Morley Callaghan, Sherwood Anderson, Owen Lister and assorted family & friends.
There is a whole other course of Papaology 101 provided by the excellent footnotes to each letter that give context to each historical person or incident or any somewhat obscure reference or term mentioned.
Admittedly, this is not for the casual fan. If you read the previous Volumes you already know the high quality that you can expect here and you will not be disappointed. The only regret will be in realizing that the entire collection may not see final publication until the year 2043, if they continue publishing only one volume every two years. By that time, someone will likely have found another way to keep the Hemingway industry in perpetual production.