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Ernest Hemingway's Miltonic Twist in "Up in Michigan"
- The Hemingway Review
- University of Idaho Department of English
- Volume 27, Number 2, Spring 2008
- pp. 123-130
- 10.1353/hem.0.0008
- Article
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Abstract
Interpretations of Hemingway's short story "Up in Michigan" have been divided about the meaning of the unsettling sexual encounter between Jim Gilmore and Liz Coates. This essay re-examines the story's conclusion through the lens of literary influence and contends that John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost may hold important clues to the story's interpretation. "Up in Michigan" provides a Miltonic twist on the fortunate fall, and demonstrates Hemingway's own recasting of the Eden legend.
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