Philip Young

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Philip Young


Born
Boston, The United States
Died
October 03, 1991

Influences


Philip Young is considered to be the first serious Ernest Hemingway scholar; indeed his scholarship brought him into conflict with Hemingway himself. In his 1948 biography of Hemingway, written for his doctoral dissertation, Young argued that Hemingway’s writing was strongly affected by an injury Hemingway received in 1918, while serving in World War I. Hemingway strongly objected to this theory, quoting him as saying, “How would you like it if someone said that everything you’d done in your life was because of some trauma?” Hemingway fought to have the publication of Young’s biography stopped, but after exchanging correspondence with Young, Hemingway agreed to let the book be published.

Young was a Harvard graduate, Fulbright Scholar and a
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Average rating: 3.92 · 100 ratings · 20 reviews · 83 distinct works
Ernest Hemingway: A Reconsi...

4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1952 — 9 editions
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Hawthorne's Secret: An Unto...

3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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ارنست همینگوی (نسل قلم 23)

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3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1993
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Buy Low, Sell High: The Sim...

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings2 editions
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Tillinghast: Creator of Gol...

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Ernest Hemingway - American...

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1959 — 4 editions
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Revolutionary ladies

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions
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The Mother of Us All: Pocah...

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Three bags full;: Essays in...

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The Hemingway Manuscripts: ...

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it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions
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