Hemingway: The Constructed Self

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Timo Müller

The Self as Object in Modernist Fiction: James, Joyce, Hemingway, pp.221-276

2010

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Title: Hemingway: The Constructed Self
Author/Creator: Timo Müller
Publication Details: The Self as Object in Modernist Fiction: James, Joyce, Hemingway, pp.221-276
Annotation: Studies the complex and variable mode of self-objectification in Hemingway s fiction, focusing on three main postures of surrogate writers found throughout his canon: authenticity, simplicity, and independence. Analyzes the development of these postures beginning with the successful The Sun Also Rises and their subsequent modifications in later works such as Green Hills of Africa, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio, and To Have and Have Not. Argues that after the failure of Across the River and into the Trees, Hemingway revised his techniques to create greater distance between himself and his characters, ultimately resulting in his becoming one of the greatest writers of the modernist period.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015132213403691