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The Sun Also Rises (1926): Library Resources

A list of resources available through Truxal Library for researching Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises

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Reference Material

Search the Library Catalog for the following reference titles that contain material about Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. These titles may be available in other college or public libraries.

  • American Diversity, American Identity: The Lives and Works of 145 Writers Who Define the American Experience
  • American Writers [vol 2]
  • Contemporary Authors [vol 77-80]
  • Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series [vol 34]
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals
    • [vols 1, 6, 8, 10, 13, 19, 30, 61, 80] - look for The Sun Also Rises in the Cumulative Title Index, a separate paperback index that accompanies this multi-volume work
  • Critical Survey of Long Fiction [vol 3]
  • Cyclopedia of Literary Characters [vol 4]
  • Cyclopedia of Literary Places [vol 3]
  • Cyclopedia of World Authors [vol 2]
  • Literature and Its Times [supl 1, part 1]
  • Literary Masters: Ernest Hemingway [vol 2]
  • Literary Topics: Ernest Hemingway and the Expatriate Modernist Movement [vol 2]
  • Masterplots [vol 11]
  • Modern American Literature [vols 2, 4, 5, 6]
  • Notable American Novelists [vol 2]
  • Novels for Students [vol 5]
  • Student Companion to Ernest Hemingway
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals;
    • [vol 34] - locate the topical essay "World War I Literature"
    • [vol 70] - locate the topical essays "Modernism" and "Alcohol and Literature"
    • [vol 74] - locate the topical essay "Imagism"
    • [vol 110] - locate the topical essay "Christianity in Twentieth-Century Literature"
    • [vol 114] - locate the topical essay "Food in Literature"
    • [vol 115] - locate the topical essay on Ernest Hemingway, and the entry devoted to The Sun Also Rises
    • [vol 118] - locate the topical essay "Jews in Literature"
    • [vol 142] - locate the topical essay "The Grail Theme in Twentieth-Century Literature"
    • [vol 162] - locate the topical essay "The Influence of Ernest Hemingway"
    • [vol 178] - locate the topical essay "Writers of the Lost Generation"

Books & Audio/Visual Materials

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  • Hemingway, Ernest

You'll find library materials that provide biographical information about Ernest Hemingway, as well criticism and interpretation of Hemingway's work.

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