The Sun Also Rises: A Norton Critical Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393656008)

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

The text of Ernest Hemingway's best-known novel.

Introduction and explanatory footnotes by Michael Thurston.

A rich selection of background and contextual materials carefully chosen to enhance the reader's understanding of and appreciation for Hemingway's prose style and his famous 1926 novel. Topics include "Biographical and Autobiographical Background," "Composition and Revision," "Letters," "On Postwar Paris and Expatriates," "On Bullfighting," and "Literary Influences."

Six major early reviews and ten recent critical essays.

A chronology of Ernest Hemingway's life and work and a selected bibliography.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

"This edition of The Sun Also Rises is to be celebrated. Michael Thurston has assembled materials so today's readers will appreciate the drama of the novel's composition, its reception and critical legacy, and its historical context making Hemingway's genius feel fresh and vital."--Mark Cirino, University of Evansville


Author: Ernest Hemingway
ISBN-10: 0393656004
ISBN-13: 9780393656008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2022
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 68837 / Sun Also Rises