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This program will examine the ways in which the Hemingway myth - of the macho brawler, hunter, fisherman, womanizer - has served Hemingway the man and writer well - or not.
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The author will look at important junctures in his life that shaped this complicated man: for example, his wounding in the First World War in Italy, where he was serving as an ambulance driver, the ways that event resonated throughout his life, and how he re-fashioned it to fit his needs and the perceived needs of those around him. She will tell about Hemingway’s four wives, each very different, and how each of the marriages shaped his life.
Sadly, Hemingway’s life, and work, began to decline after the Spanish Civil War and "For Whom the Bell Tolls." He was beaten down by too much alcohol and prescription drugs, suffering from bipolar disorder, and, it seems, CTE, the disease that follows on a string of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), familiar to us from the sad fates of many football players. Finally, his work suffered, and by the time he committed suicide, he could find no pleasure in living nor satisfaction in working.
What was the myth of Hemingway, and how and why did it fail him?
Presenter: Mary Dearborn is the author of seven books, including the 2019 "Ernest Hemingway: A Biography." She has a doctorate in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University, and was most recently a Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. She lives in western Massachusetts.
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