does it have any literary significance?
It served to reinvigorate Hemingway's literary reputation and prompted a reexamination of his entire body of work.
The Old Man and the Sea
"The Old Man and the Sea" served to reinvigorate Hemingway's literary reputation and prompted a reexamination of his entire body of work. 
who is antiochus xi epiphanes? A Seleucid monarch who reigned as King of Syria when did he reign? Between 94 and 93 BC did any other king succeeded after him? AntiochusX were there any achievements of the former king mentioned? He minted coinage as a sole king. where is the region he reigned located? East of the Mediterranean Sea what is its capital? UNANSWERABLE how did the sea get its name? From Isidore of Seville what are the surrounding coastal countries? UNANSWERABLE what species are found in there? Alien species what sorts of marine species are seen in the sea? Bluefin tuna, hake, marlin, swordfish, red mullet and sea bream what is the third type ? It is a fish from the family Istiophoridae any literature that mentions of it? Novel "The Old Man and the Sea" who wrote it? Ernest Hemingway
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The Old Man and the Sea [SEP] Literary significance and criticism
"The Old Man and the Sea" served to reinvigorate Hemingway's literary reputation and prompted a reexamination of his entire body of work. The novel was initially received with much popularity; it restored many readers' confidence in Hemingway's capability as an author. Its publisher, Scribner's, on an early dust jacket, called the novel a "new classic", and many critics favorably compared it with such works as William Faulkner's 1942 short story "The Bear" and Herman Melville's 1851 novel "Moby-Dick". Several critics note that Santiago hails from the Canary Islands, and that his Spanish origins have an influence in the novella. “Santiago is a Spaniard living in Cuba,” Jeffrey Herlihy comments, and his “Spanish self is an absent but ever-present factor in the novel.” After immigrating to Cuba in his 20s, he has adopted Cuban dress, food preferences, and “speaks two dialects of the Spanish language.” Every night Santiago dreams about Spain, and this “nostalgic reminiscing—which is for the Canary Islands, not Cuba—evidences the resonant influences of his Spanish/Canarian identity, foregrounding the migrant experience of the old man as a concealed foundation to the novella” His biography has many similarities to that of Gregorio Fuentes, Hemingway's first mate.