Ernest Hemingway: The Life as Fiction and the Fiction as Life

Journal article

Jackson J. Benson

American Literature, Vol.61(3), pp.345-358

1989

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Title: Ernest Hemingway: The Life as Fiction and the Fiction as Life
Author/Creator: Jackson J. Benson
Publication Details: American Literature, Vol.61(3), pp.345-358
Annotation: Decries critics who discount the importance of imagination in favor of a limited biographical vision of Hemingway s work. Questions the common critical view that Hemingway s writings are merely an extension of his life. Rather, Benson sees the author s life as providing the material for his imagination and the creative act of writing. Passing references to The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, A Moveable Feast, and others.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132368603691