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The Refuge of the Spanish Café in Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Williams, Mukesh |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Though the expanding literary canon in the United States has rejected most of Ernest Hemingway's works, his short stories still remain relevant in an age torn by intellectual dissensions and cultural quarrels. In his short story "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" Hemingway bridges the gap between literature and life presenting to us the great brotherhood of insomniacs and skeptics lost in a world of bewildering change and chaos. The need to find a refuge in a Spanish café becomes a need for freedom and order in our world where all certitudes are breaking down from North Africa to South Asia. Hemingway's existential nihilism may have lost its power after one hundred years but his story of social dislocation and emotional chaos finds a resonance in our world of global violence and disorder. Hemingway believes that if life is nothing, then we have to give it meaning by making authentic choices. We should always cherish the little havens of delight and comfort, like the Spanish café, that allow us to escape the physical drudgery and spiritual emptiness of life. |
| Starting Page | 49 |
| Ending Page | 65 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 36 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://libir.soka.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10911/3335/1/ebk361-049.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
