- Title
- Old Age in the 1940s and 1950s and in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
- Author/Creator
- Robert C. Evans
- Publication Details
- Critical Insights: The Old Man and the Sea, pp.3-21
- Annotation
- Situates The Old Man and the Sea within its historical and cultural contexts about aging, noting the timeliness of Hemingway's subject matter given the country's rising interest following World War I. Evans surveys the era's evolving response to and search for social solutions to age-related problems such as poverty and marginalization in the wake of urbanization and industrialization. Argues that The Old Man and the Sea refutes widely held stereotypes characterizing the elderly as dependent and helpless; far from blaming the older Santiago for his misfortune, readers admire his determination, courage, and humility. Evans writes that Santiago represents "the kind of person Hemingway admired and (perhaps) wanted to be (and to be seen as being)."
- Publisher
- Salem Press; Ipswich, MA
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015212698303691
Book chapter
Old Age in the 1940s and 1950s and in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
Critical Insights: The Old Man and the Sea, pp.3-21
Salem Press
2022
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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