Table of Contents
Preface xi
Abbreviations xvii
Introduction: The Hemingway "Problem" and the Matter of Art 1
1 Historical Genre, Dispassionate Presentation, and Authorial Judgment: The Legacy of Maupassant and Chekhov 14
2 Minimizing Words and Maximizing Meaning: Suggestiveness, Concision, and Omission 34
3 Depicting Consciousness in Modern Fiction: Expressionism and Impressionism from Crane to Cather and Hemingway 48
4 Who Sees and Who Speaks: Hemingway's Art of Focalization 78
5 Repetition and Juxtaposition: From Stein to Hemingway 113
6 Openings, Endings, and the Disjunctive Bump 136
7 The Normative Center, the Illustrative Stamp, and the Joycean Epiphany 154
8 The New Art of Constructive Dialogue: From James to Hemingway 169
9 Plot, Characterization, and Setting 204
Coda: Hemingway's Legacy 224
Acknowledgments 231
Appendix: Chronology of Hemingway's Stories, 1923-1939 237
Notes 241
Works Cited 247
Index 261