"Ether in the Brain": Blunting the Edges of Perception in Hemingway s Middle Period

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Pamela A. Boker

The Grief Taboo in American Literature: Loss and Prolonged Adolescence in Twain, Melville, and Hemingway, pp.207-248

1996

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Title: "Ether in the Brain": Blunting the Edges of Perception in Hemingway s Middle Period
Author/Creator: Pamela A. Boker
Publication Details: The Grief Taboo in American Literature: Loss and Prolonged Adolescence in Twain, Melville, and Hemingway, pp.207-248
Annotation: Reads the works of the middle years as the end of his ingenious and fertile love affair with the art of repression. Sees The Snows of Kilimanjaro as Hemingway s epiphany regarding the debilitating effects of defensively repressing grief, resulting in his later fiction directly addressing emotional pain and loss. Concludes that attempts at numbing pain through alcohol and non-thinking led to the destruction of artistic talent for both Harry and Hemingway.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015132182103691