Hemingway and Fitzgerald

Examine short fiction by Hemingway and Fitzgerald to identify the influence of Anderson and Stein in their work.

“Winter Dreams”
“Babylon Revisited”
These two stories by Fitzgerald, from 1922 (“Winter Dreams”) and 1930 (“Babylon Revisited”), offer visions of the Jazz Age from during its height and in its aftermath.

Short Story: “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
This short story provides an excellent example of Hemingway’s precise use of dialogue.

Short Story: “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” by Ernest Hemingway
This short story provides an example of Hemingway’s lifelong obsession with manhood and its implications.

Stein
“Tender Buttons”
“The Gentle Lena”
Norton Anthology

The Making of Americans
Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans was published by Stein in 1925 when she lived in Paris. Stein wrote most of this work before World War I and her association with the “lost generation.”

Anderson:
“Hands”
“Mother”
“Adventure”

These three short stories from Winesburg, Ohio, provide a sense of the formula of Anderson’s story cycle.

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