Male and Female Roles in Ernest Hemingway's the Sun Also Rises

by Dedria Bryfonski

Book Overview

Ernest Hemingway's 1925 novel The Sun Also Rises sought to capture the resilient spirit of the Lost Generation through a series of love connections between a group of men and a liberated divorcee who finds herself at the center of their affections and attentions. Themes of gender, role according to gender, and the influence of masculinity and femininity saturate the novel, as the main characters grapple with what it means to expect integrity and morality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737740213
• ISBN13: 9780737740219
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12