Fathering Under the Influence: Hemingway's Representation of His Sons in "Bimini"

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Gregory Stephens

Trilogies as Cultural Analysis: Literary Re-imaginings of Sea Crossings, Animals, and Fathering, pp.202-221

2018

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Title: Fathering Under the Influence: Hemingway's Representation of His Sons in "Bimini"
Author/Creator: Gregory Stephens
Publication Details: Trilogies as Cultural Analysis: Literary Re-imaginings of Sea Crossings, Animals, and Fathering, pp.202-221
Annotation: Considers how alcoholism affected Hemingway's relationships with his three sons and his depictions of fatherhood, especially the "Bimini" section of Islands in the Stream. As a transplant to Jamaica, the author considers Caribbean culture in general as well as his own work in studying writing and fathers and sons as a literary subject. Focuses on passages of Thomas Hudson's incessant drinking in the novel-it's the "through-line of 'Bimini'"- including three scenes which, the author states, reflect how Hemingway's relations with his own sons were "mediated by, and distorted by" alcohol.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015130994303691