rnest Hemingway’s writing style is direct and unadorned. He avoids adjectives and adverbs. His style has been described as bold and muscular. It’s clean and clear.
In Observations on the Style of Ernest Hemingway, from “Contexts of Criticism” by Harry Levin, the critic says, “Hemingway puts his emphasis on nouns because, among other parts of speech, they come closest to things. Stringing them along by means of conjunctions, he approximates the actual flow of experience.”
Hemingway says of his own writing style:
“I take great pains with my work, pruning and revising with a tireless hand. I have the welfare of my creations very much at heart. I cut them with infinite care, and burnish them until they become brilliants. What many another writer would be content to leave in massive proportions, I polish into a tiny gem.”…
