Tag Archives: Hemingway

Bearer of the Flame

Posted on August 21, 2017 by leslie

Bearer of the Flame Ernest Hemingway: A Biography, Mary V Dearborn, Knopf, 738 pp., $35; Ernest Hemingway: A New Life, James M Hutchisson, Pennsylvania State University Press, 292 pp., $37.95. Reviewed by STODDARD MARTIN PART ONE 1961 saw two great … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cultural Matters, QR Home | Tagged F Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, James Hutchisson, JFK, Mary Dearborn | 2 Comments

Gabriele D’Annunzio – flame of the former future

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Derek Turner

Gabriele D’Annunzio – flame of the former future STODDARD MARTIN remembers the extravagant life and dangerous times of one of Italy’s literary giants When living in lascivious pleasure in post-Napoleonic Italy, Byron wrote to his publisher, “Scribbling is a disease … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged Fiume, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Hemingway, Henry James, Ilana Mercer, Joyce, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Piave, Proust, Stoddard Martin, The Pike, Yeats | Leave a comment

What We’re Reading – Peter Stark

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Derek Turner

What We’re Reading In a new seasonal feature, QR writers and readers tell us what’s on their summer reading lists. This time – PETER STARK At the moment I seem to need security foods. I will re-read, as I do … Continue reading →