A sea of change : Ernest Hemingway and the Gulf Stream : a contextual biography / Mark P. Ott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ott, Mark P., 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Criticism and interpretation.

Hemingway, Ernest.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Knowledge--Natural history.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Homes and haunts.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. To have and have not.

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Old man and the sea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2008.

Summary:

A fresh perspective on Hemingway's work Early in his career, when To Have and Have Not was published, Ernest Hemingway's portrayal of themes, setting, and character was often compared to Cezanne's art - abstract. By contrast, in 1952, with the publication of The Old Man and the Sea, his style was described as comparable to Winslow Homer's - realistic. At the center of this evolution is the contention that Hemingway's preoccupation with and scientific study of life in the Gulf Stream moved his theory and practice of writing away from the Paris art circle of the 1920s to the new realism of the 1950s. A Sea of Change explores the importance of Hemingway's relationship to the waters of the Gulf Stream that transformed his imaginative work. Drawing primarily on Ernest Hemingway's handwritten and unpublished fishing logs and from published and unpublished correspondence and newspaper articles, Mark P. Ott structures this literary biography chronologically to tell the story of Hemingway's life as it becomes immersed in the Gulf Stream. Ott connects To Have and Have Not and The Old Man and the Sea with Hemingway's philosophical and stylistic transformation as he became increasingly educated in the natural world. A Sea of Change is the first study to examine Hemingway's complex relationship with the Gulf Stream and how it transformed his fiction.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Sea Change Part I: The Anita Logs

Chapter 2: The Sea Change Part II: The Pilar Log, the International Game Fish Association, and Marlin Theories

Chapter 3: Hemingway's Aesthetics: Cézanne and the "Last Wild Country"

Chapter 4: Literary Naturalism on the Stream: To Have and Have Not

Chapter 5: Illustrating the Iceberg: Winslow Homer and The Old Man and the Sea

Appendix A: Chronology

Appendix B: Selections from Hemingway's Library

Notes

Works Consulted

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612779744

1612779743

OCLC:

868965177