Hemingway and Existential Education

Journal article

Joseph Petite

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol.12(1-2), pp.152-164

1991

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Title: Hemingway and Existential Education
Author/Creator: Joseph Petite
Publication Details: Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol.12(1-2), pp.152-164
Annotation: Argues that in much of Hemingway s fiction, including Indian Camp, The Doctor and the Doctor s Wife, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The Sun Also Rises, and A Farewell to Arms, the author pairs a na ve student with a worldly teacher who unsuccessfully instructs the uninitiated on the ways of living in a chaotic world. Contends that this pattern changed near the end of his career, most notably with the Bimini section of Islands in the Stream and The Old Man and the Sea, with Hemingway abandoning the model in favor of the na ve learning directly from life firsthand.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132281403691