Background
Lewis, Robert William was born on December 15, 1930 in Elrama, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert William and Beryl Gerardine (Dillon) Lewis.
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Hemingway on Love
(Love was a central theme of Ernest Hemingway's major work...)
Love was a central theme of Ernest Hemingway's major works. And although his passages on sexual love and on romantic love may be widely remembered and frequently quoted, says Robert W. Lewis in this scholarly and detailed consideration, Hemingway's later work revealed his ultimate belief that brotherly love was the supreme love of mankind. Eros, Hemingway concluded, was a neutral value, neither good nor bad in itself, but yet capable of complementing agape in giving man pleasure. By examining the forms and essences of the various kinds of love, Hemingway worked out an explanation and tentative solution to the troubles of the human condition. The tradition of romantic love that had prevailed in Western literature had challenged sexual love and brotherly love and had been confused with them since the Middle Ages. Hemingway's early work was destructive of romantic love, says Lewis; the work of his middle career was crucial in his exploration for the supreme love and the means to whatever peace and happiness man may achieve. By the time he wrote The Old Man and the Sea, his ethic was formulated and he could write conclusively of the trial and lesson of love in Western civilization in a way that reflected his discovery that true love must be a reciprocal blend of eros and agape between man and woman, man and man, and man and his world.
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(Hemingway in Italy and Other Essays: Critical Approaches) Author: Robert W. Lewis published on (July, 1990)
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Hemingway on Love
( Love was a central theme of Ernest Hemingway’s major wo...)
Love was a central theme of Ernest Hemingway’s major works. And although his passages on sexual love and on romantic love may be widely remembered and frequently quoted, says Robert W. Lewis in this scholarly and detailed consideration, Hemingway’s later work revealed his ultimate belief that brotherly love was the supreme love of mankind. Eros, Hemingway concluded, was a neutral value, neither good nor bad in itself, but yet capable of complementing agape in giving man pleasure. By examining the forms and essences of the various kinds of love, Hemingway worked out an explanation and tentative solution to the troubles of the human condition. The tradition of romantic love that had prevailed in Western literature had challenged sexual love and brotherly love and had been confused with them since the Middle Ages. Hemingway’s early work was destructive of romantic love, says Lewis; the work of his middle career was crucial in his exploration for the supreme love and the means to whatever peace and happiness man may achieve. By the time he wrote The Old Man and the Sea, his ethic was formulated and he could write conclusively of the trial and lesson of love in Western civilization in a way that reflected his discovery that true love must be a reciprocal blend of eros and agape between man and woman, man and man, and man and his world.
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Robert William Lewis
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1952. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1963.
Career
Instructor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1955-1958; assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1958-1963; assistant professor, University Texas, Austin, 1963-1969; associate professor, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1969-1971; chair department English, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1969-1978; professor, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, since 1971; coordinator American studies, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, since 1978; Chester Fritz distinguished Professor of English, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, since 1990; coordinator peace studies, since 1992. Visiting Fulbright-Hays professor Catania (Italy) U., 1967-1968, Ain Shams U., Cairo, 1975-1976. Visiting professor American U. Cairo, 1975-1976.
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Hemingway on Love
(Love was a central theme of Ernest Hemingway's major work...)
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Hemingway on Love
( Love was a central theme of Ernest Hemingway’s major wo...)
- Hemingway on Love
- (Hemingway in Italy and Other Essays: Critical Approaches) Author: Robert W. Lewis published on (July, 1990)
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Hemingway on Love
Membership
Chair North Dakota Humanities Council, Bismarck, 1982-1984, North Dakota Museum Art, Grand Forks, 1990-1992. Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1952-1954, Korea. Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, Association American Colls., Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota, Council Editors of Learned Jours., Ernest Hemingway Foundation (Chairman, Board Of Directors 1987-1992), Hemingway Society (president 1987-1992), Iota Tau Alpha.
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Married Leila Aurora José, September 3, 1955 (divorced 1978). Children: Lisa Deirdre, Nina Maureen Gabrielle.
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American
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1952
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1958
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1963
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1955 - 1958
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1958 - 1963
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1963 - 1969
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1969 - 1978
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1969 - 1971