The Mad Sad Bad Misreading of Hemingway’s Gender Politics/Aesthetics

Argues that, contrary to his accepted image as a man obsessed with patriarchal control, Hemingway’s writings focus on how men are saved by their acceptance of the humanizing influence of women. Analyzes a range of texts, including In Our Time, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Garden of Eden to show that only through a feminization of his consciousness does a boy achieve manhood