Hemingway s Last Letter

Journal article

Eric M. Poeschla

Southwest Review, Vol.100(1), pp.100-112

2015

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Title: Hemingway s Last Letter
Author/Creator: Eric M. Poeschla
Publication Details: Southwest Review, Vol.100(1), pp.100-112
Annotation: Reflection on Hemingway s time spent at the Mayo Clinic for treatment of depression and alcoholism. Discusses Hemingway s celebrity status, fascination with alcohol and death in his writings, and the last letter he wrote to a friend s son in 1961, just prior to his suicide. Poeschla comments on the letter s optimistic tone and stylistic echoes of In Another Country.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132016103691