Title
Ernest Hemingway
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Defends Hemingway’s status as an American icon, drawing on well-known biographical details. Miller contends that while Hemingway seemed to embody those qualities most valued by Americans (e.g. independence, courage, and masculinity), his writings exposed the hypocrisies and corruptions of American culture.
Published in
American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things That Have Shaped Our Culture
Date
2006
Pages
316-321
COinS
Citation
Miller, R. H. “Ernest Hemingway.” In American Icons: An Encyclopedia of the People, Places, and Things That Have Shaped Our Culture, edited by Dennis Hall and Susan G. Hall, 316-21. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.