- Title
- Death Sentences: Rereading The Old Man and the Sea
- Author/Creator
- William E. Cain
- Publication Details
- Sewanee Review, Vol.114(1), pp.112-125
- Annotation
- Praises Hemingway s control over language and style and thematic focus on the dignity yet meaninglessness of human endeavor. Cain argues that despite the novella s biblical symbolism, salvation awaits neither Santiago nor Hemingway, and that only through the act of writing can Hemingway achieve a temporary feeling of immortality.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015131995403691
Journal article
Death Sentences: Rereading The Old Man and the Sea
Sewanee Review, Vol.114(1), pp.112-125
2006
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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