02292cam a2200289 i 4500 1680893295 TxAuBib 20241119120000.0 240702s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024012897 9781493084685 HRD 32.95 1493084682 HRD 32.95 TxAuBib rda Sindelar, Nancy W., 1944-, author. Hemingway's passions [BOOK] : his women, his wars, and his writing / Nancy W. Sindelar. Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2024] xiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Ernest Hemingway’s passion was writing, and he was inspired by a lifetime of daring adventures and encouraged by the many women in his life. He nurtured his creativity by purposely seeking dangerous situations to test his own levels of courage and to create literary heroes who displayed grace under pressure. His masculine, adventurous spirit appealed to women of all ages, including four wives and a long list of legendary actresses, and he frequently transformed the women in his life into memorable fictional characters. In 1950, Hemingway told Marlene Dietrich that he truly loved only five women. Who were these women and why did he love them? Some of them may have included his wives—Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh—but there were others too, among them Agnes von Kurowsky. Through quotations from his works and personal letters, as well as more than sixty photographs—many of which have not been previously published—Hemingway scholar Nancy W. Sindelar captures Hemingway’s life and romantic adventures, revealing his own feelings about his romantic relationships and the ways his experiences with women appear in his literary works.". 20241119. Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Relations with women. Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Criticism and interpretation. American literature 20th century History and criticism.