Male and female roles in Ernest Hemingway's The sun also rises
By: Dedria Bryfonski, editor.
Contributors: Bryfonski, Dedria.
Series: Social issues in literature
Publisher: Greenhaven Press/Gale
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780737740219; 9780737740202
Subjects: Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961; Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation; Sex role in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Background on Ernest Hemingway. The life of Ernest Hemingway / James Nagel ; Hemingway on truth, disillusionment, and the hero / Contemporary authors online ; Hemingway and the test of manhood / Irving Howe; title: The sun also rises and male and female roles. The sun also rises criticizes postwar society / Edmund Wilson ; The moral and the neurotic are two sets of characters in The sun also rises / Carlos Baker ; Hemingway challenges the heroic "code" in The sun also rises / Arnold E. Davidson and Cathy N. Davidson ; Manhood and performance in The sun also rises / Thomas Strychacz ; The education of Jake Barnes / Sam S. Baskett ; The mythical role of Lady Brett Ashley / Leslie Fiedler ; Lady Brett Ashley as the new woman / Wendy Martin ; The complex character of Lady Brett Ashley / Nancy R. Comley and Robert Scholes ; The nurturing nature of Lady Brett Ashley / Lorie Watkins Fulton ; Blended gender roles in The sun also rises / Sibbie O'Sullivan ; Hemingway challenges sexual and cultural codes / Debra A. Moddelmog; title: Contemporary perspectives on male and female roles. Today's real men are in touch with their feminine side / Peter Hyman ; Male conservatism is linked to a fear of femininity / Stephen J. Ducat ; The death of feminism / Maureen Dowd ; A defense of manliness / Harvey C. Mansfield ; A new gender divide / Kathleen Gerson.