Murray Ellison has been haunted by The Yellow Birds and has re-read it several times since it was published in 2012. That is why he offered to moderate The RVA
Tag: Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway Fishes for a Career-Defining Masterpiece in Cuba: The Old Man and the Sea (Part II)
Understanding the Author’s Life When Reading Fiction Some literary critics believe that a work of fiction must be solely evaluated by using the text available to the reader. Those who
Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man, and the Sea: Part I
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle
Logs Floating Down the River in “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife” – Hemingway’s Short Stories V
In our second Nick Adams story, “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife,” Nick’s father, a doctor, hires Dick Bolton, a half-breed Ojibway Indian, to cut up some logs that washed
Understanding Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories: Part I
Although many literary critics have concluded that Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, others find his work remote, depressing, and difficult to grasp.
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Dr. Murray Ellison received a Master’s in Education from Temple University (1973), a Master’s Degree of Arts in English Literature from Virginia Commonwealth University (2015), and a Doctorate in
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My apologies to the regular and new Litchatte.com readers and subscribers. My site was essentially offline for the last week or so. While I was working with the developers to
The Sun Also Rises: Hemingway’s Post-Modern Tragicomedy – Part II
Reviewed from Part I Lady Bullfighter In my wrap-up class of The Sun Also Rises , I asked my students if they thought that the book was either a tragedy or
Tragicomedy: From King Lear to Hemingway – Part I
In my wrap-up class of The Sun Also Rises , I asked students if they thought the book was a tragedy or a comedy. One argued that it wasn’t a tragedy
Blurred-Lines of Sexual Identity in Hemingway’s, The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway questions many of the deeply entrenched Pre-World War I concepts of masculine and feminine sexual identity in his novel, The Sun Also Rises. His masculine code dictates that
