Title
The Meaning of Fishing in Hemingway’s Work
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Traces the spiritual significance of Hemingway’s fishing scenes, from trout fishing in his early stories to saltwater game fishing in his later novels. Josephs links the author’s thematic preoccupation to the pristine natural world of the past and quest for meaning in the modern world. Concludes that the sport serves as the source for Hemingway’s art. Discusses “Now I Lay Me,” “Big Two-Hearted River,” The Sun Also Rises, Islands in the Stream, and others. Also published in Josephs’s On Hemingway and Spain: Essays & Reviews, 1979-2013, 452-72. Wickford, RI: New Street Communications, 2014.
Published in
North Dakota Quarterly
Volume
77
Issue
4
Date
Fall 2010
Pages
5-15
COinS
Citation
Josephs, Allen. “The Meaning of Fishing in Hemingway’s Work.” North Dakota Quarterly 77, no. 4 (Fall 2010): 5-15.