- Title
- Defending Hemingway s Henry Adams: The Doctor, the Critics, and the Doctor s Son
- Author/Creator
- Donald A. Daiker
- Publication Details
- Middle West Review, Vol.3(2), pp.45-65
- Annotation
- Close reading refuting popular critical opinion that the doctor is cowardly, angry, and defeated. Daiker draws on manuscripts, biography, and Hemingway s other fiction to show Dr. Adams s grace under pressure when dealing with Boulton s bullying and his wife s criticism. Argues that the doctor s backing down from an unwinnable fight demonstrates common sense and self-control, the same control displayed with his wife after she schools him on his flawed view of human nature. Concludes that Nick s preference for his father s company and their strong emotional bond show the doctor s setbacks are only temporary.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015132195903691
Journal article
Defending Hemingway s Henry Adams: The Doctor, the Critics, and the Doctor s Son
Middle West Review, Vol.3(2), pp.45-65
04/01/2017
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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