- Title
- Dirty Tricks and Wordy Jokes: The Politics of Recollection in A Farewell to Arms
- Author/Creator
- Craig Kleinman
- Publication Details
- Hemingway Review, Vol.15(1), pp.54-71
- Annotation
- Structuralist reading focusing on the role of jokes as recollection devices for Frederic Henry. Kleinman argues that Frederic as narrator structures joke scenes with Catherine to work through his grieving process. Also discusses Frederic s use of war jokes, noting their effectiveness in portraying the absurdity of war.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015132211003691
Journal article
Dirty Tricks and Wordy Jokes: The Politics of Recollection in A Farewell to Arms
Hemingway Review, Vol.15(1), pp.54-71
1995
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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