Archetypal Figures in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro": Hemingway on Flight and Hospitality

by David L. Anderson

A new and provocative analysis of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"

Hemingway's short story, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," has secured a place among the greatest works in that genre--the story is widely considered Hemingway's greatest. To explore the richness of this work, David L. Anderson returns to a somewhat unusual approach, that of archetypal criticism, which allows us to examine the story in more universal, rather than strictly historical,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606353888
• ISBN13: 9781606353882
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"