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Blurb: “Hemingway: THE OAK PARK LEGACY - Edited by James Nagel
Ernest Hemingway: The Oak Park Legacy is the first extensive examination of the relationship of Hemingway to his hometown, Oak Park, Illinois, and the influence its people, places, and underlying values had on his early work. In this vol-ume, 11 leading Hemingway scholars explore various aspects of these issues, from the migration of the family from Connecticut to Illinois in the 1850s, to the courtship of Hemingway's parents, to the religious training they provided for their chil-dren, to the nature of village life in Oak Park at the turn
of the century, to Hemingway's use of this material in his high-school stories and the dramatic breakthrough of In Our Time and The Sun Also Rises. With these books, Hemingway suddenly became one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. The essays in this collection explore the social and family background that provided the material and sensibility for these literary masterpieces.
Nothing is more important in the life of a writer than his origins, and this collection of essays does a fine job of filling in that background for Ernest Hemingway.
Scott Donaldson
Oak Park, where Hemingway spent his childhood and adolescence,.. had an influential ole in shaping the man and the writer. This volume of fresh and insightful essays provides extended and focused discussion of issues central to Hemingway's literary identity.
—Susan F. Beegel, The Hemingway Review
Oak Park had a significant influence on [Hemingway's] life and work, a fact that has been too often neglected. This collection responds admirably to the need for additional study of the legacy bequeathed to him by his home town.
-Robert E. Fleming, University of New Mexico
Cover photographs reprinted with the permission
of The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS“