'Hemingway, días de vino y muerte': Blanqueando Sepulcros ('Hemingway Cutthroat': Whitening Sepulchres)

Ibercampus (Sept. 21, 2011)

8 Pages Posted: 3 Mar 2015

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

Spanish abstract: Examinamos críticamente en este artículo la novela de Michael Atkinson 'Hemingway: días de vino y muerte' (2010, trad. española 2011), ambientada en la guerra civil española. Mostramos cómo la novela distorsiona la verdad histórica en torno al asesinato de José Robles, así como la actitud de Hemingway frente a los crímenes políticos de los comunistas, con el fin de promover una visión mítica de Hemingway como un aventurero independiente, defensor constante de las causas justas.

English abstract: This paper is a critical examination of Michael Atkinson's 2010 novel 'Hemingway Cutthroat', set in the Spanish Civil War. The novel is shown to distort the historical truth surrounding the murder of José Robles and Hemingway's attitude to the political crimes of Communists, in order to promote a mythical and popular construction of Hemingway as an independent adventurer always on the side of just causes.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Hemingway, Atkinson, American literature, Novel, Detective fiction, Spanish civil war, Ideology

Suggested Citation

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, 'Hemingway, días de vino y muerte': Blanqueando Sepulcros ('Hemingway Cutthroat': Whitening Sepulchres) (2011). Ibercampus (Sept. 21, 2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2572828

Jose Angel Garcia Landa (Contact Author)

Universidad de Zaragoza ( email )

Gran Via 2
Zaragoza, 50005
Spain

HOME PAGE: http://www.garcialanda.net

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