Talk:Ernest Hemingway bibliography
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I question the 'non-fiction' status of the "Hemingway on ..." titles. Each of them is an edited anthology of excerpts from his various works (both fiction and non-fiction, though a LOT of fiction -- novels, novellas and short stories). Should these be categorized thusly? Also, I don't see the collected letters as a work here, although I find it to be an intriguing non-fiction work (edited by others) that undoubtedly should be credited to Ernest. I am not a Wikipedia editor (perhaps I should consider it!) but I hope my concerns will at least be considered by those who are.
Thanks, -Chris (June 2, 2009)
Works - Rationalisation
editIMO, this section was what we used to call a 'b-gg-r's muddle'. The section, 'Books', mixed fiction and non-fiction, partly duplicated other sections and contained inconsistencies within itself and with other articles. I've tried to make sense of it, but I'm not a Hemingway buff, so could one of those have a go at it? And BTW I didn't remove any of the many broken links - another job for said buff? Chrismorey (talk) 06:25, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
Fiction vs Non-Fiction
editTrue at First Light has been categorized as non-fiction for a number of years here on the bibliography. Due to something I am writing at the moment, I looked more into this, and while it is true that TAFL is an account of Hemingway's safari, many signs point to it being more properly interpreted as fiction. For example, the back of the current edition of the book lists it as "literary fiction" for the purposes of organization by a bookseller. For another point, in the introduction, Patrick Hemingway writes, "Hemingway's untitled manuscript is about two hundred thousand words long and is certainly not a journal. What you will read here is a fiction half that length" (9, emphasis added). I certainly agree that there could be some disagreement where the book fits along the fiction / non-fiction spectrum, but it seems more appropriate to me to place the book under the fiction category. Bc.rox.all (talk) 17:21, 27 July 2018 (UTC)