For Whom the Bell Tolls (For Further Reading)

For Further Reading

• Buckley, Ramon, "Revolution in Ronda: The Facts in Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls," in Hemingway Review, Vol. 17, No 1, Fall 1997, pp. 49-57.

  Buckley places the novel in its historical context.

• Martin, Robert A., "Robert Jordan and the Spanish Country: Learning to Live in It 'Truly and Well,'" in Hemingway Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall 1996, pp. 56-64.

  Martin presents a close analysis of the character of Robert Jordan and his relationship to Spanish culture.

• Meyers, Jeffrey, "For Whom the Bell Tolls as Contemporary History," in The Spanish Civil War in Literature, edited by Janet Perez and Wendell Aycock, Texas Tech University Press, 1990, pp. 85-107.

  This essay explores the political implications of the novel.

• Wylder, Delbert E., "For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Mythic Hero in the Contemporary World," in Hemingway's Heroes, University of New Mexico Press, 1969, pp. 127-64.

  Wylder presents an analysis of Robert Jordan who, he writes, "follows the mythical journey of the hero in a modern setting."