THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL: SEXUAL/ TEXTUAL POLITICS IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S THE GARDEN OF EDEN
THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL: SEXUAL/ TEXTUAL POLITICS IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S THE GARDEN OF EDEN
Author(s): Robert SullivanSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: Hemingway; sexuality; textuality; masculinity; androgyny; homosexuality; Oedipus complex; psychology.
Summary/Abstract: Ernest Hemingway’s posthumous novel The Garden of Eden is a text rife with competing desires, especially those between heterosexuality, homosexuality, and androgyny. It is a novel that also rehearses its author Ernest Hemingway’s ambiguous feelings concerning masculinity and androgyny. Through his writer-protagonist David Bourne, Hemingway dramatizes not only his personal desires and fears about sexuality, but also how “writing” can provide a solution for such insecurities.
Journal: Hum
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 25-34
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
