Understanding The old man and the sea a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
Title:
Understanding The old man and the sea a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
Author:
Valenti, Patricia Dunlavy, 1945-
ISBN:
9781573566490
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 198 p.) : ill.
Series:
The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series,
Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.
Contents:
Introduction; 1. A Literary Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea; 2. The Cuban Environment: Geography and Climate and the Living Organisms They Support; 3. Cuban Historical, Political, and Economic Background; 4. Cuban Culture: An Ethnic Background; 5. Sports; 6. The Old Man and the Sea: Contemporary Issues; Index.
Abstract:
Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and specifically cited by the Swedish Academy when Hemingway received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, The Old Man and the Sea remains one of the author's most beloved works. This casebook helps readers interpret and appreciate the thematic concerns of the novel, as well as the contextual issues it explores.
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