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1606353888 epub A new and provocative analysis of The Snows of Kilimanjaro Hemingways short story, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, has secured a place among the greatest works in that genrethe story is widely considered Hemingways greatest. To explore the richness of this work, David L. Anderson returns to a somewhat unusual approach, that of archetypal criticism, which allows us to examine the story in more universal, rather than strictly historical, ways. Anderson emphasizes the storys theme of hospitality, which dramatizes topics of community and human interdependency, and notes that this illuminates a fundamental human impulse to shelter or aid those in need. Borrowing from Jack London, Anderson relates this to the archetype of the man on trail: one who is being pursued, ultimately by death, and is in need of hospitality, a friend. The motif is older than London, as Anderson notes, guiding us to Jung, Campbell, and a whole body of archetypal criticismfrom ancient literature to Bob Dylan. Read more