Meyers, Jeffrey, editor. Hemingway: The Critical Heritage, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982.

Contains many important contemporary reviews of Hemingway's books, including reviews of Men Without Women by Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, and Edmund Wilson, among others.

Reynolds, Michael. The Young Hemingway, Oxford: Blackwell, 1986.

A thorough and readable biography of Hemingway's early days by a notable Hemingway biographer.

Rovit, Earl, and Gerry Brenner. Ernest Hemingway, Boston: Twayne, 1986.

An excellent introduction to Hemingway studies. Includes biographical material, criticism of many of Hemingway's works, and a useful bibliography.

Smith, Paul, editor. New Essays on Hemingway's Short Fiction, Cambridge University Press, 1998.

A collection of recent critical essays on Hemingway's short stories. Contains a useful introduction by editor Paul Smith, "Hemingway and the Practical Reader."

Wagner, Linda W., editor. Ernest Hemingway: Six Decades of Criticism, Michigan State University Press, 1987.

A collection of important reviews and critical articles on Hemingway, spanning his...