Title
Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa as Evolutionary Narrative: Helix and Scimitar
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Explores the evolution of human imagination through the narrative, interpreting the varying functions of landscape, character, and imagery as indicative of a moral journey. Argues for the significance of natural elements, such as the horns of the kudu, to reflect individual growth and life’s forward progression, explaining that what arises from man’s propulsive participation in creation is a new mode of thought and narration.
Published in
Seeing Beyond: Movies, Visions, and Values, 26 Essays by William R. Robinson and Friends
Date
2001
Pages
397-418
COinS
Citation
Drake, Susan Lynn, and A. Carl Bredahl, Jr. “Hemingway’s Green Hills of Africa as Evolutionary Narrative: Helix and Scimitar.” In Seeing Beyond: Movies, Visions, and Values, 26 Essays by William R. Robinson and Friends, 397-418. New York: Golden String Press, 2001.