Hemingway and "the New America"

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Ronald Berman

Modernity and Progress: Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Orwell, pp.24-37

2005

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Title: Hemingway and "the New America"
Author/Creator: Ronald Berman
Publication Details: Modernity and Progress: Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Orwell, pp.24-37
Annotation: Investigation of Hemingway s criticism of American national identity found in the limited mindset and superficial nature of his characters in Out of Season, A Canary for One, and The Sun Also Rises. Concludes with an examination of Hemingway s critique in Banal Story of middle-class America s contentment with banality and sentimental idealism. Berman grounds his discussion in contemporary social criticism by Walter Lippmann and George Santayana, and draws on the language theories of Donald Davidson.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015132084903691