- Title
- The Genre Which is Not One: Hemingway s In Our Time, Difference, and the Short Story Cycle
- Author/Creator
- Peter Donahue
- Publication Details
- The Postmodern Short Story: Forms and Issues, pp.161-172
- Annotation
- Summarizes the critical debate concerning the composite novel s genre, drawing on In Our Time in his discussion of the tensions and juxtapositions found in the form. Donahue argues that while most critics think a universal term is required for the work to be orthodox, the stories are not meant to fit as a comprehensive whole. Rather, the paradoxical nature of the short story cycle both fosters and hinders formal unity. Contends that in the end, such artful wavering steadies the narrative elements to create meaning.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015132133103691
Book chapter
The Genre Which is Not One: Hemingway s In Our Time, Difference, and the Short Story Cycle
The Postmodern Short Story: Forms and Issues, pp.161-172
2003
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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