Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the first book of its kind, Joseph Fruscione examines the contentious relationship of two titans of American modernism -- William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway. At times, each voiced a shared literary and professional respect; at other times, each thought himself the superior craftsman and spoke of the other disparagingly. Their intertextual relationship was highly significant for both authors: it was unusual for the reclusive Faulkner to engage so directly and so often with a contemporary, and for the hypercompetitive Hemingway to admit respect for -- and possible inferiority to -- a rival writer. "Faulkner and Hemingway: Biography of a Literary Rivalry" illustrates how their artistic paths and performed masculinities clashed frequently, as the authors measured themselves against each other and engendered a mutual psychological influence. Although previous scholarship has noted particular flare-ups and textual similarities, most of it has tended to be more implicit in outlining the broader narrative of Faulkner and Hemingway as longtime rivals. Building on such scholarship, "Faulkner and Hemingway" offers a more overt study of how these authors' published and archival work traces a sequence of psychological influence, cross-textual reference, and gender performance over some three decades. -- From publisher's description.

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