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There are 14 critical essays on Ernie Pyle.
Critical Essays on Ernie Pyle

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Critical Essay by David Nichols
14,041 words, approx. 47 pages
 In the following essay, Nichols provides an overview of Pyle's life, focusing on his relationship with his wife.
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Critical Essay by Lance Bertelsen
8,476 words, approx. 28 pages
 In the following essay, Bertelsen discusses the literary and cinematic influences of Pyle's "The Death of Captain Waskow, " and parallels similarities between Pyle's piece and John Huston's war film San Pietro.
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Critical Essay by Charles Fisher
5,622 words, approx. 19 pages
 In the following essay, Fisher discusses Pyle's World War II journalism, noting that Pyle's concentration on the details of soldiers' lives and experiences made him an exceptional war correspondent.
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Critical Essay by Randall Jarrell
4,357 words, approx. 15 pages
 In the following essay, originally published in 1945, Jarrell praises Pyle's ability to evoke in his writing the experience of war.
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Critical Essay by Time Magazine
3,324 words, approx. 11 pages
 In the following essay, originally published in 1944, the writer argues that Pyle's success at capturing the often mundane realities of war sprang from his own averageness.
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Critical Essay by John Mason Brown
2,314 words, approx. 8 pages
 In the following essay, which was first published in 1945, Brown provides a personal remembrance of Pyle, commenting on Pyle's motivation in writing about "the common frontline soldier."
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Critical Essay by C. L. Sulzberger
1,625 words, approx. 5 pages
 In the following essay, Sulzberger reviews Brave Men, suggesting that Pyle's main contribution to wartime journalism was "a more concrete recognition of GI Joe's services."
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Critical Essay by Edward Streeter
1,363 words, approx. 5 pages
 In the following essay, Streeter praises Pyle's "deeply human portrait of the American soldier in action."
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Critical Essay by David Dempsey
1,249 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following essay, Dempsey reviews Pyle's last book, Last Chapter, published thirteen months after the author's death, commenting that while its fragmentary nature may disappoint some readers, Last Chapter continued Pyle's effort to make the experience of the American soldier in battle real to civilians.
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Critical Essay by Bill Mauldin
1,244 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following essay, Mauldin, a fellow journalist during World War II, offers praise for Pyle's last book, Last Chapter.
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Critical Essay by Charles Angoff
1,225 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following essay, Angoff reviews Brave Men, distinguishing Pyle from the "political philosophers" whose less emotional understanding of war distances them from its true tragedy.
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Critical Essay by Graham B. Hovey
1,204 words, approx. 4 pages
 In the following essay, Hovey attempts, through a review of Brave Men, to explain why Pyle was the most popular war correspondent in America during World War II.
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Critical Essay by Bruce Rae
1,005 words, approx. 3 pages
 In the following essay, Rae praises Pyle's depiction of the diversity of American life in Home Country.

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