Title
The Old Man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Sums up the novella’s plot, along with key themes (e.g. courage, perseverance) and symbols (e.g. lions, baseball). Cavanaugh focuses on the aging Santiago’s relationship with the young Manolin and epic struggle with the marlin. Briefly surveys the novella’s critical reception, noting trends in ethical and philosophical approaches found in more recent scholarship. Reprints nearly twenty critical essays ranging from 1952 to 2015 by such well-known Hemingway scholars as Carlos Baker, Susan F. Beegel, and H.R. Stoneback. Concludes with an annotated bibliography of further readings, including bibliographies, biographies, and criticism.
Published in
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
Volume
263
Date
2019
Pages
73-180
COinS
Citation
Cavanaugh, Darien. “The Old Man and the Sea: Ernest Hemingway.” In Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, vol 263, edited by Catherine C. DiMercurio, 73-180. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2019.