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American Literature

James Madison University

1999

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Hemingway's Cante Jondo: The Old Man And The Sea, Michael J. Tucker Jan 1999

Hemingway's Cante Jondo: The Old Man And The Sea, Michael J. Tucker

Masters Theses, 1990-1999

The Old Man and The Sea leads to a reading of The Epistle of James through Ernest Hemingway's deep understanding of Spanish Catholicism and Cuban culture; Hemingway's greatest work, it is his cante jondo, his "deep song" in homage to the suffering of his generation. Cante jondo, like The Old Man and The Sea, moves at a ballad tempo, speaks to life and death struggles, and embraces sorrow and joy in equal measure. Cante jondo, similarly, casts a mournful tone in its flamenco rhythms not unlike that Hemingway reveals in The Old Man and The Sea. What Flamenco …


Hemingway's Cante Jondo: The Old Man And The Sea, Michael J. Tucker Jan 1999

Hemingway's Cante Jondo: The Old Man And The Sea, Michael J. Tucker

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

The Old Man and The Sea leads to a reading of The Epistle of James through Ernest Hemingway's deep understanding of Spanish Catholicism and Cuban culture; Hemingway's greatest work, it is his cante jondo, his "deep song" in homage to the suffering of his generation. Cante jondo, like The Old Man and The Sea, moves at a ballad tempo, speaks to life and death struggles, and embraces sorrow and joy in equal measure. Cante jondo, similarly, casts a mournful tone in its flamenco rhythms not unlike that Hemingway reveals in The Old Man and The Sea. What Flamenco …