Keywords
Hemingway, Spain, Cuba
Data Set Description Summary
Hemingway represents both Spain and Cuba in very different lights, despite the similarities inherent in the countries. As a colonial holding of Spain until 1898, and a U.S. holding until 1902, Cuba is an off shoot of Spanish culture, with differences based on the indigenous people conquered in the 1500s. Though unsurprising, it is interesting that both nations drew Hemingway’s attention. For Hemingway, Spain represented this noble beauty, this majestic heaven on earth, even while in the midst of war. When he writes about Spain, Hemingway waxes romantic. However, this attitude isn’t reflected in his writings about Cuba, which focus on violence and poverty. The vast difference in these depictions despite the connection between the nations is carried out through descriptions of the landscape and the style of dialogue chosen by Hemingway as well as how characters interact. More specifically this paper focuses on the romanticism of Spain and the tragedy of Cuba carried out in these novels through Hemingway’s stylistic choices.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Jackson, Laila, "“Lions on the Beach”: Ernest Hemingway and Postcolonial Representations of Cuba as a ‘Dark Shadow’ of Spain" (2021). ScholarsArchive Data. 34.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/data/34
Document Type
Data
Publication Date
2021
Data Collection Start Date
8-2020
Data Collection End Date
12-2020
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
English
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