A Farewell to Arms is about a love affair against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The novel cemented Hemingway’s stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as “the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I.”

Lead by Dr. Mark J. Schenker, Senior Associate Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs in Yale College.