Hemingway: Paris years (1922‒1926) and the development of his literary talent

Abstract

The aim of the analysis is to outline most important features related to E. Hemingway’s writing during his stay in Paris in 1922‒1926. At that time Hemingway was a young writer, that was surrounded by most prominent writers, artists of the time, including E. Pound, Sh. Anderson, H. Stein, Pablo Picasso. The purpose of the study was to show how the writer's style and views changed in a broader literary and cultural context, and to trace similar patterns of development in other areas of art. Hemingway develops his out style and invents his own writing, borrowing ideas from H. Stein, E. Pound and other artistic people he meets in Paris. The surrounding largely sharpened his style and determined his artistic talent. The Paris years Hemingway spent in France are described in the novel The Moveable Feast, which was edited a number of times. The restored edition was published relatively recently, after the opening of the Kennedy archive, with a preface by Patrick Hemingway, the writer's son, and Pauline Pfeiffer’s (the writer's second wife), and commentary by the writer's grandson, Sean Hemingway. This version is believed to be the closest to the writer's original intentions. The manuscript was initially lost, but the Ritz Hotel returned the notes many years later, and Mary Walsh (Hemingway's fourth wife) published the prepared manuscript after the writer's death. In Paris Heminway first lives with Hadley Richardson and later with Polina Pfaiffer.