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- Title
HEMINGWAY'S MORTAL KNOWLEDGE.
- Authors
Abbasi, Mansoor
- Abstract
Ernest Hemingway, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century American literature, asserts that we [human beings] are "biologically trapped." And the world is cruel. But he suggests that "grace under pressure" must always be observed. His code heroes and heroines face the hostile world with utter stoicism. Above all, most of his important characters bear the burden of existence with grace. Ironically, however, on July 2, 1961, Hemingway committed suicide by shooting himself with his shotgun. There is no dearth of scholarship on Hemingway's suicide. The books and articles on this issue try to show how Hemingway the legendary had failed' his own code. The act of committing suicide raises a pertinent question that Hemingway did not live up to his own philosophy. Through a survey of his life and some of his important works, this article seeks to address the contradiction between Hemingway's life and thephilosophy of "grace under pressure" in his work, suggesting that a writer must be judged by his creative genius rather than his high-sounding ideals.
- Subjects
LITERARY libraries; HUMANITIES libraries; LITERARY recreations; ACROSTICS (Puzzles); AMUSEMENTS
- Publication
Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 1, p249
- ISSN
1028-6640
- Publication type
Article