Hemingway, Ecology and Culture

Lay Sion Ng is an Assistant Professor of American Literature at the English Literature Department at Sophia University, Japan.

• Foreword Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Rereading Hemingway in the Anthropocene Part I: Earth1 The ‘Rotten’ Matter in A Farewell to Arms 2 The ‘Roaring’ Earth in For Whom the Bell Tolls Part II: Air3 The Ecology of Colors in The Old Man and the Sea 4 Olfactory Ethics in For Whom the Bell Tolls and Other Works Part III: Water5 The Ecology of Death in ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ and ‘A Natural History of the Dead’ 6 The Politics of Cure in The Sun Also Rises Part IV: Fire7 Fire Ecologies in ‘Big Two-Hearted River’ 8 The Elephant’s Eye and the Maji-Maji War in The Garden of Eden Conclusion: Hemingway, Ecology and Culture NotesBibliographyIndex

This book provides a thorough and persuasive reappraisal of an author neglected by ecocritics, reassessing an important and popular oeuvre of 20th century literature along original lines of enquiry.