This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway.

Reference Books

• Contemporary Literary Criticism (Ref PN 771 .C59) Volume: Pages
  • 1: 143
  • 3: 237, 241, 243
  • 6: 227-228, 230-232
  • 8: 283-285
  • 10: 264, 267
  • 13: 273, 275, 278-281
  • 19: 212, 224
  • 34: 478
  • 39: 428, 430
  • 41: 198, 202, 204
  • 50: 424, 427, 429
  • 61: 201, 225
  • 80: 146
• Short Story Criticism (Ref PN 3373 .S389 ) Volume: Pages
  • 1: 222-224, 226-228, 238-239, 247-250
  • 36: 242-347
  • 40: 156-157
  • 63: 39, 191
  • 117: 188-190, 193-194, 198
• Novels for Students(Ref PS 3385 .N68) Volume : Pages
  • 6: 195-215
• Twentieth Century Literary Criticism(Ref PN 771 .T86) Volume : Pages
  • 115: 163
  • 203: 124, 130, 133, 163, 209, 211, 214

General Collection Books (may be checked out)

• Bloom, Harold, ed.. Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. (PS 3515 .E37 O52 2008)
• Donaldson, Scott, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Hemingway. (PS 3515 .E37 Z58417 1996)
• Jobes, Katherine, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Old Man and the Sea: A Collection of Critical Essays. (PS 3515 .E37 .O525)
• Moseley, Edwin M. Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel. (PS 3351 .M6) (pp. 205-313)
• Valenti, Patricia D. Understanding The Old Man and the Sea: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. (PS 3515 .E37 O5295 2002)

E-Books

• Carey, Gary. The Old Man and the Sea. Lincoln, NE: Cliff Notes, 1973. netLibrary

Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)

• Literature Resource Center
• Literature Criticism Online
• Literature Online

Articles

Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Masterfile Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.

• Burhans, Clinton S., Jr. "The Old Man and the Sea: Hemingway's Tragic Vision of Man." American Literature 31.4 (Jan., 1960): 446-455. [Use Academic Search Premier, JSTOR]
• Culver, Michael. "Sparring in the Dark: Hemingway, Strater, and 'The Old Man and the Sea'." Hemingway Review 11.2 (Spring, 1992): 31+ (7p.) [Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier]
• Eddins, Dwight. "Of Rocks and Marlin: The Existentialist in Agon in Camus's 'The Myth of Sisyphus' and Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea.'" Hemingway Review 21.1 (Fall, 2001): 68+ (10 p.) [MasterFILE Premier, Literature Online - LION]
• Gurko, Leo."'The Old Man and the Sea.'" College English 17.1 (Oct., 1955): 11-15. [JSTOR]
• Losada, Luis. "'George Sisler, Manolin's Age, and Hemingway's Use of Baseball.'" Hemingway Review 14.1 (Fall, 1994): 79+ (5 p.) [Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier]
• Morgan, Kathleen, and Luis Losada. "Santiago in 'The Old Man and the Sea: A Homeric Hero.'" Hemingway Review 12.1 (Fall, 1992): 35+ (17 p.) [Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier]
• Plath, James. "Santiago at the Plate: Baseball in 'The Old Man and the Sea' ." Hemingway Review 16.1 (Fall, 1996): 65 (18p.) [General OneFile, Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier]
• Sylvester, Bickford. "Hemingway's Extended Vision: 'The Old Man and the Sea.'" PMLA 81.1 (March, 1966): 130-138. [JSTOR]
• Waggoner, Eric. "Inside the Current: A Taoist Reading of 'The Old Man and the Sea. '" Hemingway Review 17.2 (Spring, 1998): 88 (17p.) [MasterFILE Premier, Literature Online - LION]
• Wilson, G. R., Jr. "Incarnation and Redemption in 'The Old Man and the Sea.'" Studies in Short Fiction 14.4 (Fall, 1977): 369+ (5 p.). [Academic Search Premier]