Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index.
Contents
1. Cultural drift : a context for fiction -- 2. "Bernice bobs her hair" and the rules -- 3. "The diamond" and the declining West -- 4. The great Gatsby and the good American life -- 5. "The killers" or the way things really are -- 6. Protestant, Catholic, Jew : The sun also rises -- 7. Order and will in A farewell to arms -- 8. Hemingway and experience -- 9. Hemingway's questions.