Title
Inside the Current: A Taoist Reading of The Old Man and the Sea
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Explores the relationship of The Old Man and the Sea to Taoist thought, noting similarities in their treatment of the natural world and Santiago’s desire to follow a path of correctness while on his spiritual journey. Argues that reading the novella “in terms of victory and defeat is to reduce The Old Man and the Sea to a simple story of action rather than a rumination on the awareness of essence and precision from which that action arises.”
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
17
Issue
2
Date
1998
Pages
88-104
COinS
Citation
Waggoner, Eric. “Inside the Current: A Taoist Reading of The Old Man and the Sea.” Hemingway Review 17, no. 2 (1998): 88-104.