Hemingway and Akeley: Identity Formation and Hemingway s Naturalist Calling

Journal article

Stephen Gilbert Brown

Hemingway Review, Vol.38(1), pp.71-91

10/01/2018

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Title: Hemingway and Akeley: Identity Formation and Hemingway s Naturalist Calling
Author/Creator: Stephen Gilbert Brown
Publication Details: Hemingway Review, Vol.38(1), pp.71-91
Annotation: Considers the ways that renowned naturalist and taxidermist Carl Akeley s dioramas of African animals influenced the construction of Hemingway s identity and narrative writing style. Looks at descriptions of Akeley s works and their subtexts, paying special attention to underlying concepts of masculine identity and racial structures and how these concepts present themselves in Hemingway s life and writing. Traces Hemingway s complex and ambivalent relationship with the indigenous Africans from the early Green Hills of Africa to the later Under Kilimanjaro and elephant hunt story of The Garden of Eden. Briefly comments on The Snows of Kilimanjaro and draws on Mary Hemingway s 1976 memoir, How It Was.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132375703691