Looking at Horses: Destructive Spectatorship in The Sun Also Rises

Book chapter

Jennifer Haytock

War + Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway s Early Life and Writings, pp.94-112

2014

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Title: Looking at Horses: Destructive Spectatorship in The Sun Also Rises
Author/Creator: Jennifer Haytock
Publication Details: War + Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway s Early Life and Writings, pp.94-112
Annotation: Reads Jake s and Brett s responses to the traumatic aftereffects of World War I considering Martin Harries s recent study on destructive spectatorship, which argues that facing the past, as in the biblical story of Lot s wife, poses the threat of mental and physical annihilation. Haytock concludes: For Hemingway s veterans, the horror of not being destroyed by the violence they have witnessed must be balanced with the need to remember, which itself is a dangerous activity.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015136281303691