tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post889580953219372356..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Hemingway, a bookstore, a medieval church, and a tapestryGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-49019224610234753972010-10-07T12:42:14.850-05:002010-10-07T12:42:14.850-05:00Wanted to drop you a comment after you were kind e...Wanted to drop you a comment after you were kind enough to visit my blog. Saw your post on Hemingway and found it fascinating. He was rather full of himself, but at the same time, he was also Papa Hemingway and his house in Key West is a must see if you ever make it down to the Florida Keys. I think the 6 toed cats are now gone (kicked out by the city unfortunately) but it is a great place to check out. Thanks for posting such an interesting piece,<br /><br />crb.Caribbean Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211032750843178534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-69339618904862349732010-10-01T13:38:32.992-05:002010-10-01T13:38:32.992-05:00I find your comments about him being obsessed with...I find your comments about him being obsessed with himself amusing for some reason ... and so agree.S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-16776514491466762502010-10-01T12:37:29.026-05:002010-10-01T12:37:29.026-05:00Your post takes me back to my first visit to Paris...Your post takes me back to my first visit to Paris and my visits to many of the same places. And yes, there were strikes when I was there; in fact, every time I've been workers have been on strikes or protesting.<br /><br />I read all of Hemingway at one point but have not revisited his work in years. You keep us amazed that you re-read and at the same time keep up with everything new.<br /><br />Wonderful post.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-9879444094310643462010-10-01T07:51:26.328-05:002010-10-01T07:51:26.328-05:00And, I just linked you to my blog for my former st...And, I just linked you to my blog for my former students to read....<br /><br />*claps*<br /><br />and "if" should be "it" in the above comment -- I got excited about your blog and my husband needed me to hold the cat and I turned over my mug of coffee --- and well, I hit "publish your comment" before I proof read --H. Gillhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866823621648796335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-38040014032126162010-10-01T07:30:54.653-05:002010-10-01T07:30:54.653-05:00I taught Ernest Hemingway to my sophomores; we rea...I taught Ernest Hemingway to my sophomores; we read Farewell to Arms, and almost all of my students failed to engage in his style. They liked the story, as much as a sophomore can like a story they are required to read, but they just had trouble with his approach. A few of my students, however, fell in love with him and read his canon. I was just happy to get my students to "appreciate" it, if that is even what it deserved.<br /><br />I liked Moveable Feast, but I bet I would like if better if I could have seen the places he wished to describe -- that's what fell short for me in that work. Hemingway just lacked the words it would take to describe a place like Paris. He never had trouble describing other people, especially those of which he felt in competition with... as for Alice, well Hemingway was a man's man. <br /><br />As a writer, I admire Hemingway's capturing of how the affects of WW1 would shift this country's young people, not just the veterans of that war, but that generation in such a significant way, but I can never admire Hemingway, the man.<br /><br />Thanks for this view of that work and your memories of Paris.H. Gillhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866823621648796335noreply@blogger.com