- Title
- The Old Man and the Minotaur: Ernest Hemingway as Fictionalized Celebrity
- Author/Creator
- Timothy Penner
- Publication Details
- Celebrity Studies
- Annotation
- Explores popular culture s continued fascination with and appropriation of Hemingway s celebrity persona to the extent that the fictionalized character of Hemingway has eclipsed the historical Hemingway. Penner examines the role of cinematic media in Woody Allen s film Midnight in Paris (2011) and television series such as Timeless (2017) and DC s Legends of Tomorrow (2018) in shaping Hemingway s image that has resulted in a recognizable but inaccurate representation focused on his hyper-masculinity and adventurous lifestyle rather than his literary output. Penner concludes, In a strange reversal of the actor/character dichotomy, the fictionalized celebrity Hemingway is now playing the part of Hemingway, the historical figure, in the popular imaginary.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015131091803691
Journal article
The Old Man and the Minotaur: Ernest Hemingway as Fictionalized Celebrity
Celebrity Studies
12/17/2020
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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