Comments on: HEMINGWAY AND FEMINISM. http://philipschaefer.com/2006/12/28/hemingway-and-feminism/ Theories, observations, and articles Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lee http://philipschaefer.com/2006/12/28/hemingway-and-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Lee Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:17:14 +0000 http://philipschaefer.com/2006/12/28/hemingway-and-feminism/#comment-770 I'm performing post necromancy because on the last day of my Hemingway/Fitzgerald seminar a classmate gave a very detailed report on <em>The Garden of Eden</em>, one of Hemingway's posthumous novels. It features a woman that becomes more and more masculine and dominant in the relationship---talk about breaking out of the usual mold. It was surprising to hear about such a change of pace from Hemingway. Wikipedia says: "The novel has received much attention for its sexual content, especially in the context of Hemingway's canon. Some scholars have suggested that the novel effects a more tender, effeminate, 'new Hemingway.' In this vein, it has been interpreted as an exuberant celebration of free sexuality." Of course Hemingway still prized manliness above all, I'm sure. Dr. Mangum told us about Hemingway exposing his own chest hair to a negative critic in a restaurant, then tearing open the critic's shirt to expose a humiliating dearth of hair. I’m performing post necromancy because on the last day of my Hemingway/Fitzgerald seminar a classmate gave a very detailed report on The Garden of Eden, one of Hemingway’s posthumous novels. It features a woman that becomes more and more masculine and dominant in the relationship—talk about breaking out of the usual mold. It was surprising to hear about such a change of pace from Hemingway.

Wikipedia says: “The novel has received much attention for its sexual content, especially in the context of Hemingway’s canon. Some scholars have suggested that the novel effects a more tender, effeminate, ‘new Hemingway.’ In this vein, it has been interpreted as an exuberant celebration of free sexuality.”

Of course Hemingway still prized manliness above all, I’m sure. Dr. Mangum told us about Hemingway exposing his own chest hair to a negative critic in a restaurant, then tearing open the critic’s shirt to expose a humiliating dearth of hair.

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