"Everything kills everything else in some way": An Ecocritical Reading of Human – Non-Human Relationships in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

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Inger-Anne Søfting

English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature, Vol.105(7), pp.1157-1174

11/2024

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Title: "Everything kills everything else in some way": An Ecocritical Reading of Human – Non-Human Relationships in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
Author/Creator: Inger-Anne Søfting
Publication Details: English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature, Vol.105(7), pp.1157-1174
Annotation: Søfting's principal focus is the apparent paradox between the ways Hemingway and his protagonist, Santiago, exhibit empathy and respect for the natural world and its creatures while at the same time willfully participate in acts of killing animals. "From an ecocritical perspective," she writes, "some of Hemingway's books are more ethically challenging than others," and The Old Man and the Sea presents a rich array of timely factors, including the sea itself, for highly nuanced readings. Also discusses and references "Big Two-Hearted River," Death in the Afternoon, and Green Hills of Africa.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015417421603691