Hemingway, Literalism, and Transgender Reading

Journal article

Valerie Rohy

Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.57(2), pp.148-179

07/01/2011

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Title: Hemingway, Literalism, and Transgender Reading
Author/Creator: Valerie Rohy
Publication Details: Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.57(2), pp.148-179
Annotation: Thematic study of transgender and gender identities in The Garden of Eden, addressing the difference between literal and figurative readings and the role of literalism. Rohy surveys transphobic responses by biographers and critics to the author s male femininity and closes with an analysis of Hemingway s discussion of his own femininity in passages from Mary s safari diary.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132157103691