Title
Hemingway, the Left, and Key West
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Addresses criticism of Hemingway’s failure to confront the national crisis of the Great Depression, defending the author by arguing that he engaged in social commentary in writings such as “Wine of Wyoming” and To Have and Have Not. Details Hemingway’s negative view of the New Deal and its effect on Key West. Explains Hemingway’s shift from isolationism to interventionism during the Spanish Civil War.
Published in
Date
2009
Pages
91-103
COinS
Citation
Curnutt, Kirk and Gail D. Sinclair, eds. Key West Hemingway: A Reassessment. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009.