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- Title
Pauline Pfeiffer's Safari Journal and Hemingway's Composition of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".
- Authors
Ledden, Dennis B.
- Abstract
An examination of the way Hemingway shaped events Pauline recorded in her journal for "Short Happy Life" reveals insights about the story. For Macomber's lion debacle Ernest used lion hunts Pauline documented as well as his own fear snakes, which his wife described in an early entry. Hemingway transformed Pauline's relationship with Percival for Margot's relationship with Wilson and modified Pauline's alienation for that of Margot's. Ernest's defensive reaction to Pauline's hunting achievements became his narrative about a young woman who mistakenly kills her husband, an accident based on the time Hemingway was almost shot when his rifle accidentally fired.
- Subjects
SHORT Happy Life of Francis Macomber, The (Short story); HEMINGWAY, Ernest, 1899-1961; SHORT story (Literary form); LITERARY criticism; LION hunting; HUNTING in literature
- Publication
Hemingway Review, 2018, Vol 38, Issue 1, p108
- ISSN
0276-3362
- Publication type
Short Story Review
- DOI
10.1353/hem.2018.0024