Robert Jordan: I Can Do No Other: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway

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Christopher Coker

Men at War: What Fiction Tells Us About Conflict, from The Iliad to Catch-22, pp.107-118

2014

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Title: Robert Jordan: I Can Do No Other: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway
Author/Creator: Christopher Coker
Publication Details: Men at War: What Fiction Tells Us About Conflict, from The Iliad to Catch-22, pp.107-118
Annotation: Summarizes the plot before moving into a brief discussion of Jordan s values and heroism. Coker characterizes Jordan as a liberal ironist who cares about others simply because he does. Concludes that for Hemingway, true courage meant fighting even when the cause was unclear.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015132124803691