The Hemingway Bibliography
 

Title

Nick Adams and Jake Barnes: Hemingway’s Earliest Heroes and Alter Egos

Document Type

Article

Citation

Daiker, Donald A. “Nick Adams and Jake Barnes: Hemingway’s Earliest Heroes and Alter Egos.” Midwestern Miscellany 47 (Spring/Fall 2019): 66-82.

Annotation

Discusses the autobiographical nature of Hemingway’s writing, contending that Nick Adams and Jake Barnes are both alter egos of the young author, with their fictional adventures based in part on Hemingway’s real life experiences in northern Michigan, the Italian front, and elsewhere Daiker cites numerous comparison points, including their shared connections as writers, penchant for alcohol and physical activity, preoccupation with death, and coping strategies for dealing with loss. Surveys several Nick Adams stories and concludes by comparing Nick’s fall in “Cross-Country Snow” with the telegram scene in the final chapter of The Sun Also Rises to demonstrate each hero’s resilience in the face of defeat.

Published in

Midwestern Miscellany

Volume

47

Date

2019

Pages

66-82

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