"Women Have a Bad Time Really": Gender and Interpretation in To Have and Have Not

Journal article

Lisa Tyler

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature, Vol.7, pp.57-66

1996

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Title: "Women Have a Bad Time Really": Gender and Interpretation in To Have and Have Not
Author/Creator: Lisa Tyler
Publication Details: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature, Vol.7, pp.57-66
Annotation: Takes issue with previous criticism, contending that male critics, like the men in the novel, have failed to understand its female characters. Focuses primarily on Richard s misinterpretations regarding his wife and others. Argues that the novel suggests, obliquely, that women are more skilled at interpretation than men, and he [Hemingway] implies that women might make better writers.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132339703691