Ernest Hemingway "The Garden of Eden"

I know that I have read Ernest Hemingway in high school, but that was such a long time ago... This semester I read "The Garden of Eden" with my American Lit class. "The Garden of Eden" is a truly fascinating novel that portrays modernity in a simplistic writing style that provokes deep thinking- Hemingway  was a genius. The writing is so simple and is written mostly in stream of conscious which makes it hard to understand. The novel portrays modernity and feminism in extravagant ways - you just have to read this one.

Another interesting point about this novel, and a point that brings up much debate, is that it was published after Hemingway's death, and the original manuscript is much longer than the published form. Some critics go as far to say that the editor added in his own ending - not Hemingway's.

I'm writing an analytic paper for this class. My assignment is to find and read three (peer reviewed) articles. Each article must be from a different decade; then I will compare the articles and think about the difference in what people are saying between each decade. I like this assignment, but for obvious reasons, one flaw remains. One article from each decade does not even begin to represent a whole decade's worth of critic commentary. I would love to look further into this and see what the critics are collectively writing about as each decade changes with its values and interests. I simply do not have enough time to do this.

My articles are about:

Modernist temorality (modernists had a hard time dealing with.. time.. it was an obsession for them) - 2010

Feminism and writing with the body - This was a really interesting article about Catherine (the main female character in the novel) and how she deals with her seemingly artistic inabilities by being artistic with her body. She does some pretty radical things with her hair and her clothing choice. The author claims that art is usually phallogocentric, and women should write and write about their body. - 1993

The original manuscript and the ending of the novel - this article was a little disappointing because it mostly provides a summary of the manuscript. Its analysis lies in that the author claims the ending was not Hemingway's ending. -1989

I hope my paper goes well.