Mariano Rivera: Hemingway Hero

Journal article

James Tackach

Hemingway Review, Vol.39(2), pp.63-77

04/01/2020

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Title: Mariano Rivera: Hemingway Hero
Author/Creator: James Tackach
Publication Details: Hemingway Review, Vol.39(2), pp.63-77
Annotation: The traditional Hemingway hero often takes the form of an athlete: Joe DiMaggio in The Old Man and the Sea; Jack Brennan, the boxer in Fifty Grand ; Manuel Garcia, the bullfighter in The Undefeated. No contemporary athlete better personifies the Hemingway hero than Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankee relief pitcher who, in 2019, became the first baseball player unanimously elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his year of eligibility. During his nineteen-year career (1995-2013), Rivera demonstrated many qualities of the traditional Hemingway hero: simplicity in style, grace under pressure, stoic acceptance of defeat.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015131905603691