- Title
- Catherine, the Baby and the Gas: The Fatal Effects of Twilight Sleep in A Farewell to Arms
- Author/Creator
- Danell Ragsdell-Hetrick
- Publication Details
- Arkansas Review, Vol.45(2), pp.115-119
- Annotation
- Quasi-medical analysis arguing Catherine and her baby died from an overdose of anesthesia as evidenced by her physical symptoms and altered cognitive state and by the baby s discoloration and lack of movement. Suggests Frederic caused Catherine s death by twice increasing her dosage and proposes his actions serve as Hemingway s modernist warning against progressive medical practices.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015132355103691
Journal article
Catherine, the Baby and the Gas: The Fatal Effects of Twilight Sleep in A Farewell to Arms
Arkansas Review, Vol.45(2), pp.115-119
2014
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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