Narrative Identity and Image Building in The Paris Wife

Book chapter

Marija Krsteva

Towards a Theory of Life-Writing: Genre Blending, pp.70-96

Routledge

2022

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Title: Narrative Identity and Image Building in The Paris Wife
Author/Creator: Marija Krsteva
Publication Details: Towards a Theory of Life-Writing: Genre Blending, pp.70-96
Annotation: Analyzes Paula McClain's 2011 postmodern literary biography, and to a lesser extent Erika Robuck's Hemingway's Girl (2012) and Martha Gellhorn's Travels with Myself and Another (1978), according to her proposed theory of biofictional preservation to explain the process by which fact and fiction blend to create plausible representations of the subject's life. Krsteva explores numerous sequences within McClain's novel where the factual transforms into the imaginary through Hadley's perspective, including scenes of socializing in Paris, the love triangle between Hemingway, Pauline, and Hadley, and the end of their marriage. Concludes that these biofictional sequences not only create alternative identities for Hadley, Hemingway, and their circles but also disrupt their established narrative identities. Frequent references to A Moveable Feast.
Publisher: Routledge; New York
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015212019603691