What Do I Read Next?
- Hemingway's 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises, much like “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” delves into the dynamics of male-female relationships.
- Hemingway's story “Hills Like White Elephants” similarly investigates a troubled relationship between a man and a woman.
- “The Bear” by William Faulkner, written in the 1930s, is another hunting tale that addresses the theme of nature. Set in the American South, it explores the intricate family lineage of the protagonist, Ike McCaslin.
- The “macho” tradition receives a fresh and intriguing perspective in Robert Bly’s book Iron John. This work inspired the men’s movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s, encouraging men to reconnect and embrace their “masculine” roots.
- One of Hemingway’s forerunners, Stephen Crane, authored The Red Badge of Courage (1895), a Civil War novel that has become a quintessential depiction of the masculine bravery often portrayed in Hemingway’s works.
- For an analysis of gender in Hemingway’s fiction, refer to Hemingway’s Gender: Rereading the Hemingway Text, published by Yale University Press in 1994.
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