Celebrating Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises at 100

6:30 PM

Celebrating Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises at 100

6:30 PM in the Browning Gallery

The image features the cover of "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway, illustrated with a woman and nature elements.

In 1926, when Ernest Hemingway published his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, it marked the exciting debut of a dazzling new literary talent. Hemingway boldly introduced his readers to the tradition of the bullfight, to Spanish and French culture, and the post-war attitudes of the expatriates that formed the Lost Generation.

A century later, how has Hemingway's work endured?

A smiling man in a suit stands outdoors with greenery in the background, giving a friendly, approachable vibe.

Join Mark Cirino, author and Professor of English at the University of Evansville, as he explores the novel’s themes, Hemingway’s style, and how 21st-century readers can understand this classic in our time.