- Title
- Interlacings of Narrative and Lyric: Ernest Hemingway s "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" and Sandra Cisneros s "Woman Hollering Creek"
- Author/Creator
- James Phelan
- Publication Details
- Experiencing Fiction: Judgments, Progressions, and the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative, pp.151-177
- Annotation
- Revisits the much-debated controversy about the dialogue between the two waiters, arguing that resolution of the issue lies in examining the second half of the story. Supports Scribner s 1965 textual emendation that has the older waiter introducing the concept of nada into the story. Phelan analyzes the progression of the reader s response from temporary ethical judgement to gradual engagement and return to judgement or evaluation. Concludes that Hemingway s careful construction of the older waiter s vision suggests that the story itself stands as a clean, well-lighted place for his audience. The second half of the article is devoted to a discrete rhetorical examination of Cisneros s story.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015132077003691
Book chapter
Interlacings of Narrative and Lyric: Ernest Hemingway s "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" and Sandra Cisneros s "Woman Hollering Creek"
Experiencing Fiction: Judgments, Progressions, and the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative, pp.151-177
2007
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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