Title
Hemingway on Courage
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Calls for a reevaluation of the popular conception of bravery in Hemingway’s fiction, pointing to contradictory notions of macho courage found in A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” “The Capital of the World,” and elsewhere. Hays suggests that courage for Hemingway has more to do with maintaining one’s dignity in the face of obstacles than charging into battle.
Published in
Date
2014
Pages
3-10
COinS
Citation
Hays, Peter L. Fifty Years of Hemingway Criticism. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2014.