Male and Female Roles in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises

by Dedria Bryfonski (Editor)

Overview

Ernest Hemingway's 1925 novel The Sun Also Rises sought to capture the resilient spirit of the Lost Generation through a series of love connections between a group of men and a liberated divorcee who finds herself at the center of their affections and attentions. Themes of gender, role according to gender, and the influence of masculinity and femininity saturate the novel, as the main characters grapple with what it means to expect integrity and morality in a modern world. This compelling edition provides background on the life of Ernest Hemingway and the influences that shaped his life. The book features articles that explore gender roles as portrayed in his novel The Sun Also Rises and also examines issues of gender roles in the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737740202
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	05/24/2008
Series:	Social Issues in Literature Series
Edition description:	Library Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction     9
Chronology     14
Background on Ernest Hemingway
The Life of Ernest Hemingway   James Nagel     22
Hemingway on Truth, Disillusionment, and the Hero$dContemporary Authors Online     34
Hemingway and the Test of Manhood   Irving Howe     38
The Sun Also Rises and Male and Female Roles
The Sun Also Rises Criticizes Postwar Society   Edmund Wilson     44
The Moral and the Neurotic Are Two Sets of Characters in The Sun Also Rises   Carlos Baker     48
Hemingway Challenges the Heroic "Code" in The Sun Also Rises   Arnold E. Davidson   Cathy N. Davidson     60
Manhood and Performance in The Sun Also Rises   Thomas Strychacz     72
The Education of Jake Barnes   Sam S. Baskett     79
The Mythical Role of Lady Brett Ashley   Leslie Fiedler     91
Lady Brett Ashley as the New Woman   Wendy Martin     97
The Complex Character of Lady Brett Ashley   Nancy R. Comley   Robert Scholes     108
The Nurturing Nature of Lady Brett Ashley   Lorie Watkins Fulton     115
Blended Gender Roles in The Sun Also Rises   Sibbie O'Sullivan     129
Hemingway ChallengesSexual and Cultural Codes   Debra A. Moddelmog     141
Contemporary Perspectives on Male and Female Roles
Today's Real Men Are in Touch with Their Feminine Side   Peter Hyman     151
Male Conservatism Is Linked to a Fear of Femininity   Stephen J. Ducat     158
The Death of Feminism   Maureen Dowd     171
A Defense of Manliness   Harvey C. Mansfield     180
A New Gender Divide   Kathleen Gerson     193
For Further Discussion     203
For Further Reading     205
Bibliography     207
Index     211

Editorial Reviews

Review: Male and Female Roles in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises "This series focuses on how social issues have been presented in classic literature. These books provide a unique perspective to the United States' social issues both past and present."—ARBA, March 2009

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