Title

Rediscovering the Earth: Jake Barnes and Bashō

Author

Document Type

Book Chapter

Citation

Kyle, Frank. Hemingway and the Post-Narrative Condition: A Commentary on “The Sun Also Rises” and Other Essays. Rev. ed. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2013.

Annotation

Discusses Jake’s break from Judeo Christianity in The Sun Also Rises as a liberating experience allowing him to fall in love with the earth and the value of living in the present. Uses Matsuo Bashō’s poetry from The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (1966) as a lens for viewing Jake’s earthly journey and celebration of life in the here and now.

Published in

Hemingway and the Post-Narrative Condition: A Commentary on The Sun Also Rises and Other Essays Rev ed

Date

2013

Pages

510-553