Revisiting Ernest Hemingway and Baseball: Sanity, Success, and Suicide

Journal article

Bob Reising

Journal of American Culture, Vol.39(2), pp.165-176

2016

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Title: Revisiting Ernest Hemingway and Baseball: Sanity, Success, and Suicide
Author/Creator: Bob Reising
Publication Details: Journal of American Culture, Vol.39(2), pp.165-176
Annotation: On Hemingway s lifelong fascination with baseball and admiration for Joe DiMaggio with whom Hemingway identified and whose public image aligns with the Hemingway hero. Discusses both DiMaggio s personal life and professional career, likening him to Santiago of The Old Man and the Sea and the young and energetic Mickey Mantle to Manolin. Comments on the significance of other baseball allusions in the novella, including Dick Sisler and John J. McGraw.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132052503691