- Title
- Tracking the Elephant: David s African Childhood in Hemingway s The Garden of Eden
- Author/Creator
- Suzanne del Gizzo
- Publication Details
- Hemingway and Africa, pp.176-198
- Annotation
- Opens with an exploration of literary sources for Hemingway s elephant hunt episode. Focuses on the intersecting motifs of empathy and childhood within both the novel and the elephant story to illuminate David s capacity for feeling and the dynamics of his relationship with Catherine. Concludes that the elephant story is about empathy and the role of empathy in the writing process.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015136386003691
Book chapter
Tracking the Elephant: David s African Childhood in Hemingway s The Garden of Eden
Hemingway and Africa, pp.176-198
2011
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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