Carlos Baker and the "True Gen"

Journal article

William W. Kimbrel

Hemingway Review, Vol.16(1), pp.83-96

10/01/1996

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Title: Carlos Baker and the "True Gen"
Author/Creator: William W. Kimbrel
Publication Details: Hemingway Review, Vol.16(1), pp.83-96
Annotation: On Carlos Baker s seminal biography, Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (1969), suggesting the biographer was limited by both his medium and audience, which restricted his latitude to create meaningful commentary. Kimbrel reexamines Baker s staid, factual approach, interpreting his account as a nuanced, sub-textual guide into Hemingway s life, with the intention of exploring the binaries of Hemingway s personalities. Concludes that Baker s biography suffers from his acquiescence to the caricatures and mythos of Hemingway the icon, not the writer.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132142403691