A Man Can Be Destroyed but Not Defeated : Ernest Hemingway’s Near-Death Experience and Declining Health

Examination of Hemingway’s declining health in relation to his writing. Details the various psychological disorders that could explain some of his characteristically extreme behaviors. Dieguez also explores the impact of his World War I wounding and later hemochromatosis on his health, and in turn, on his writing. Concludes with a discussion of the therapeutic value of writing for Hemingway. Frequent, though brief, references to A Farewell to Arms, Death in the Afternoon, The Sun Also Rises, and “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.