Hemingway coined the phrase \u201cgrace under pressure\u201d in a 1926 letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Since then, the phrase has been repeated like a mantra to describe Hemingway\u2019s attitude toward life and death, his definition of courage, and is regularly used as a lens through which to view his fiction.
On this episode, scholar David Wyatt joins us to discuss the significance and legacy of \u201cgrace under pressure.\u201d Over the course of the interview, we apply the model of \u201cgrace under pressure\u201d to various examples from Hemingway\u2019s career: A Farewell to Arms, \u201cThe Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,\u201d The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and more.
Wyatt distinguishes \u201cgrace under pressure\u201d from the simplistic descriptions of machismo that often burden considerations of Hemingway\u2019s work. Join us for this illuminating conversation on a classic Hemingway theme with a renowned Hemingway scholar!\xa0