Title
"Floating I saw only the sky": Leisure and Self-Fulfillment in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Examines the role of leisure in the characters’ lives, particularly its ability to provide self-fulfillment and emotional growth for Jake while leading only to failed escapism for others. Compares Jake’s fishing and swimming to the others’ reckless drinking and gambling, concluding that Jake’s willingness to seek self-reflective forms of leisure distinguishes him from the rest of the Lost Generation.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
34
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2014
Pages
61-75
COinS
Citation
Mellette, Justin. “‘Floating I saw only the sky’: Leisure and Self-Fulfillment in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises.” Hemingway Review 34, no. 1 (Fall 2014): 61-75.