Sex Theories and the Shaping of Two Moderns: Hemingway and H.D.

by Deirdre Anne McVicker Pettipiece

Overview

This book examines the impact of scientific and sexologic theories on the creation of character in the prose of two moderns, Hemingway and H.D.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415866842
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2014
Series:	Studies in Major Literary Authors
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Deirdre Anne (McVicker) Pettipeice Wellesley College

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Preface xiii

Introduction: "Strange Bedfellows" xvii

Chapter 1 The Emergence of Two Moderns 1

Chapter 2 Tending the Gardens of Darwin, Ellis and Freud: The Roots of H.D.'s Sexual Symbols 9

Chapter 3 Matricidal Tendencies: Hemingway's Battle Begins 19

Chapter 4 Foreigner at Home and Abroad 29

Chapter 5 Distant Observations 45

Chapter 6 Catherine (Re)Bourne: Erotic Symbolism in The Garden of Eden 59

Chapter 7 "Nebulous" Personalities 79

Conclusion: "The Sea in Being" 93

Bibliography 97

Index 101