Gardens of Eden and Earthly Delights: Hemingway, Bosch, and the Divided Self

Although omitted from the Scribner's edition of the novel, Hieronymus Bosch's masterpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights figures prominently in the manuscript of The Garden of Eden. Bosch was much on Hemingway's mind throughout the 1950s, with references to him appearing in several no...

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Published in:The Hemingway review 2018-04, Vol.37 (2), p.65-79
Main Author: Eby, Carl P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Attitudes
Bosch, Hieronymus (1450-1516)
Creeks & streams
Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)
Library collections
Novels
Psychology
Writing
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Summary:Although omitted from the Scribner's edition of the novel, Hieronymus Bosch's masterpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights figures prominently in the manuscript of The Garden of Eden. Bosch was much on Hemingway's mind throughout the 1950s, with references to him appearing in several novels and interviews, but the tripartite structure of Bosch's great triptych—with panels devoted to Eden, worldly delight, and Hell—is especially important to The Garden of Eden, mirroring a divided attitude central to the structure of the novel and central to the structure of Hemingway's psychology.
ISSN:0276-3362
1548-4815
1548-4815
DOI:10.1353/hem.2018.0004