Hemingway s Camera Eye: The Problem of Language and an Interwar Politics of Form

Journal article

Zoe Trodd

Hemingway Review, Vol.26(2), pp.7-21

04/01/2007

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Title: Hemingway s Camera Eye: The Problem of Language and an Interwar Politics of Form
Author/Creator: Zoe Trodd
Publication Details: Hemingway Review, Vol.26(2), pp.7-21
Annotation: Describes the damage that a variety of authors, including Hemingway, saw plaguing language s capacity for expression in postwar times. Analyzes Hemingway s prose style as an expression of the harm war-glorifying words have on the English language. Contends that Hemingway s solution to the problem of abstract language was to shift from a snapshot perspective to a camera-eye aesthetic, thus imitating the multifocal scope of film. Brief references to The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, Death in the Afternoon, and others.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015131955903691