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There are 20 critical essays on A Farewell to Arms.
Critical Essays on A Farewell to Arms

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Critical Essay by Erik Nakjavani
14,201 words, approx. 47 pages
 In the following essay, Nakjavani draws upon philosophy, military history, psychoanalysis, and literary theory to consider Hemingway's treatment of the metaphysics and psychology of war in A Farewell to Arms and other works.
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Critical Essay by Ben Stoltzfus
10,701 words, approx. 36 pages
 In the following essay, Stoltzfus presents a complex analysis of the use of language in A Farewell to Arms, with particular reference to the way in which Hemingway's use of metaphor and shifting pronoun references masks the primal story of Frederic's (and the author's) unconscious separation anxiety.
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Critical Essay by James Phelan
10,199 words, approx. 34 pages
 In the following essay, Phelan emphasizes the novel's progression in voice which allows Frederic's character to develop gradually into a manifestation of Hemingway's views of the universe.
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Critical Essay by Judith Fetterley
9,213 words, approx. 31 pages
 In the following essay, Fetterley states that the character of Catherine is a scapegoat for Frederic's hostility rather than a true object of romantic love, providing a way for Frederic to avoid commitment.
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Critical Essay by Wyndham Lewis
9,063 words, approx. 30 pages
 In the following essay, originally published in 1934, Lewis accuses Hemingway of borrowing the style of Gertrude Stein, purveying brutish speech patterns, and championing the unthinking masses, but at the same time praises his skill as a writer.
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Critical Essay by Margot Norris
8,730 words, approx. 29 pages
 In the following essay, Norris uses reader-response criticism to argue that Hemingway uses the love story in the novel to turn readers' attention from the brutal realities of war.
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Critical Essay by Millicent Bell
8,589 words, approx. 29 pages
 In the following essay, Bell uses drafts and revisions of the novel to show that, while not autobiographical in every detail, A Farewell to Arms is highly realistic as a reflection of Hemingway's state of mind.
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Critical Essay by Daniel Schneider
6,983 words, approx. 23 pages
 In the following essay, Schneider compares A Farewell to Arms to a lyric poem, where plot, character, and images all contribute perfectly to a feeling of hopelessness and desolation.
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Critical Essay by Floyd C. Watkins
6,840 words, approx. 23 pages
 In the following essay, Watkins asserts that, in both theme and style, A Farewell to Arms sets up a conflict between abstract notions of patriotism and honor and the concrete world of individual choice.
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Critical Essay by Robert Merrill
5,500 words, approx. 18 pages
 In the following essay, Merrill asserts that a work of art should not be divorced from aesthetic judgments because of an author's alleged male bias.
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Critical Essay by Robert Penn Warren
3,918 words, approx. 13 pages
 In the following essay, Warren answers critics of Hemingway and explores themes of the quasi-religious significance of human love and the solitariness of the individual in A Farewell to Arms.
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Critical Essay by Ford Madox Ford
3,309 words, approx. 11 pages
 In this introduction, originally published in the 1932 edition of A Farewell to Arms, Ford, a novelist himself and a friend and colleague of Hemingway's from his days in Paris in the 1920s, dwells on Hemingway's literary discipline, clarity of language, and economy of form.
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Critical Essay by Robert Herrick
2,975 words, approx. 10 pages
 In the following essay, Herrick raises questions about the propriety of certain frank sexual references in A Farewell to Arms, comparing them unfavorably with similarly explicit passages in Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front.
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Critical Essay by James F. Light
2,710 words, approx. 9 pages
 In the following essay,originally published in 1961, Light discusses the four ideals of service in A Farewell to Arms.
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Critical Essay by David L. Carson
2,165 words, approx. 7 pages
 In the following essay, Carson explores the ways in which A Farewell to Arms fuses a naturalistic approach with compressed, symbolic language.
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Critical Review by T. S. Matthews
2,154 words, approx. 7 pages
 In the following review, originally published in 1929, Matthews outlines Hemingway's transition in A Farewell to Arms from the realism of war to the idealism of a love story.
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Critical Review by Donald Davidson
1,490 words, approx. 5 pages
 In the following review, originally published in 1929, Davidson criticizes what he calls Hemingway's behaviorist, “scientific” approach to writing in A Farewell to Arms.
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Critical Essay by Francis Hackett
920 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following essay, Hackett asserts that Hemingway's hero in the novel represents a false concept of male dignity.
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Critical Essay by J. B. Priestley
745 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following essay, the Priestley recommends Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms to readers while expressing some reservations about its franker aspects.
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Critical Review by L. P. Hartley
656 words, approx. 2 pages
 In the following review, originally published in 1929, Hartley states that A Farewell to Arms is particularly interesting because of its account of war on the Italian front.

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