"The Sort of Thing You Should Not Admit": Ernest Hemingway s Aesthetic of Emotional Restraint

Book chapter

Thomas Strychacz

Boys Don’t Cry?: Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S., pp.141-166

2002

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Title: "The Sort of Thing You Should Not Admit": Ernest Hemingway s Aesthetic of Emotional Restraint
Author/Creator: Thomas Strychacz
Publication Details: Boys Don’t Cry?: Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S., pp.141-166
Annotation: Challenges the popular understanding of Hemingway as a traditional masculinist, contending that masculinist theory emerged to assist men in redefining masculinity in the changing professional world of the early 1900s. Strychacz argues that Hemingway s style is actually marked by powerful rhetorical transformations and emotional swings. Offers a close reading of Death in the Afternoon, focusing on descriptions of horses dying in the bullring, arguing that Hemingway s emphasis on emotional excess and disarray conveys the real thing. Concludes that critics preoccupation with navigating their own gender identity has obscured true interpretations of Hemingway s style and meaning over the years.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015131941403691