Angst, Authorship, Critics

“The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” “The Crack-Up,” Advertisements for Myself

Authors

  • Raymond M. Vince Author

Keywords:

Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Advertisements for Myself, angst, authorship, aesthetic distance

Abstract

Mailer, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald face personal and cultural angst. Despite critical disapproval at the time, the works use counterfactuals and aesthetic distance to mark “a fundamental change in American consciousness” (Hampl). Vladimir Nabokov suggests that we possess “only words to play with.” Using such frail and fallible words, these writers transformed their personal angst into great art, creating works that—like Mount Kilimanjaro—endure.

Author Biography

  • Raymond M. Vince

    Raymond M. Vince has taught American Literature & Writing, Religion, and History of Science & Mathematics for over twenty-five years—at Richmond College London, various Episcopal schools, The University of Tampa, USF, Eckerd College, & HCC. He earned graduate degrees in English Literature, Theology, and Logic & Scientific Method. He has published a book, War, Heroism, and Narrative (VDM 2008), a chapter on William Morris in Arthurian Writers (2008), and five articles in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review and The Mailer Review.

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Published

2019-10-10

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Vince, Raymond M. “Angst, Authorship, Critics: “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” ‘The Crack-Up,’ Advertisements for Myself”. The Mailer Review, vol. 13, no. 1, Oct. 2019, pp. 116–142, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/690.