Follows the course of his life, deals with formation of his prose aesthetic, investigates such matters as his aesthetic concern with emotion, the major influences on his characteristic techniques up to the time of his earliest publications, a preliminary investigation of his style, a discussion of his attitude toward his audience, investigates his typical characters -- heroes and heroines -- and attempts to sum up the results of the introductory survey and to indicate the shape of Hemingway's achievements, as well as his significance in literary history.