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Because the summary judgment of the last 30years is that while he was a fascinating andromantic figure, Hemingway was a colossal jerk.He is seen, at best, as ignoring women and atworst as a vicious misogynist; he is cast asanti-Semitic; he is pronounced guilty of writingAfrican-American and native African characters outof his works and of racism when he does includethem. And even when Hemingway is not offendinganybody, he has been labeled infantile. Writerslike Tobias Wolff mark their adulthood at thepoint when they cease to be entranced byHemingway's bravado; and perhaps many--like PeterMathiessen, who smugly pronounced the author...
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