{"product_id":"9781538187913","title":"Hemingway's Faith","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHemingway's Faith\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMary Claire Kendall | Maria  Cooper Janis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Christianity \/ Catholic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis delightfully written book offers the first full-length, rigorously researched account of Ernest Hemingway's religious faith and its enduring influence on his life and writing\u003c\/b\u003e. Challenging the familiar image of Hemingway as a purely secular icon of machismo and modernity, it reveals a writer whose imagination was deeply shaped by Christian formation and, in particular, by Catholic belief and practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on new archival research, interviews with family members, and close biographical analysis, the book traces Hemingway's faith from his upbringing in the Protestant heartland through his conversion to Catholicism during World War I at the age of eighteen, and across a lifetime marked by artistic brilliance, personal upheaval, physical suffering, and spiritual struggle. Catholic sacramental sensibilities, Marian devotion, and medieval moral frameworks recur throughout his work, even as his faith waxed and waned amid fame, fractured marriages, war, illness, and exile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While previous biographies have either ignored Hemingway's religious life or treated it incompletely or inaccurately, this study places faith at the center of his story. It shows how spirituality informed his understanding of courage, suffering, love, and redemption, and how it shaped the emotional and ethical depth of his fiction-from the early stories to \u003ci\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By integrating literary criticism, intellectual history, and spiritual biography, this book offers a new and more humane portrait of one of America's most studied writers. It invites scholars, students, and general readers alike to see Hemingway not only as a master stylist and cultural myth maker, but as a complex religious thinker whose Catholic faith left an indelible imprint on his life, relationships, and enduring literary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMary Claire Kendall\u003c\/b\u003e is a Washington, D.C.-based writer. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOasis of Faith: The Souls Behind the Billboard-Barrymore, Cagney, Tracy, Stewart, Guinness, and Lemmon\u003c\/i\u003e, the second in a series. Additionally, she writes a regular bi-monthly column for \u003ci\u003eAleteia\u003c\/i\u003e on legends of Hollywood and hidden screen gems.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 December 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRowman \u0026amp; Littlefield\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781538187913\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331894673548,"sku":"9781538187913","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e6230d19-5229-4c71-81b2-39c2b2cb9ed2.jpg?v=1783599890","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781538187913","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}