Women lead Hemingway scholarship as 'The Sun Also Rises' turns 100
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Women scholars now lead the field of Ernest Hemingway study, a century after his novel 'The Sun Also Rises' was published.
This year marks the centennial of Ernest Hemingway's novel 'The Sun Also Rises', and women scholars are now leading the field of Hemingway study. Hilary K. Justice, who oversees the Hemingway collection at Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, remembers having to defend her chosen field as a graduate student some 30 years ago. One professor in her PhD programme asked 'Haven't we killed him yet?' when she chose to study Hemingway. Justice said she was regularly asked at public speaking events 'How do you, as a woman, justify studying Hemingway?'
Hemingway died more than 60 years ago, and a generation of students has come of age knowing little about the man beyond his outsized reputation as a macho adventurer, drinker and womanizer. Scholars and fans are using the centennial to celebrate his work now that his legend has receded enough that 'his books can stand or fall on their own'. At a centennial event last month at the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center in Manhattan, actors including Maya Hawke, Will Harrison and Sarah Pidgeon read from the novel. A panel discussion featured novelist Jay McInerney and Hemingway descendants, including grandson Brendan Hemingway, who spoke of female classmates in high school telling him how much they despised the author.
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- 'The Sun Also Rises' at 100: Women are now leaders in Hemingway scholarshipHilary K.News4Jax · 14 Nov, 05:00
- 'The Sun Also Rises' at 100: Women are now leaders in Hemingway scholarshipHilary K.Clickorlando · 14 Nov, 05:00
In this story: Hilary K. Justice · Ernest Hemingway · John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum · Boston
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