Playing in the Light: Examining Categorization in To Have and Have Not as a Reflection of Identity or Racism

Journal article

Toni D. Knott

North Dakota Quarterly, Vol.64(3), pp.82-88

1997

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Title: Playing in the Light: Examining Categorization in To Have and Have Not as a Reflection of Identity or Racism
Author/Creator: Toni D. Knott
Publication Details: North Dakota Quarterly, Vol.64(3), pp.82-88
Annotation: Contests Toni Morrison s thesis that Hemingway s treatment of African American characters in To Have and Have Not enhances the status of whites in the novel. Rather, Knott asserts that such a reading misses the implications of Hemingway s irony, designed to enlighten his readers on the difficulties of making judgments based on appearance. See Morrison s Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, 61-91. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992. Significantly revised version published as Dimensions of Love in One Man Alone: Hemingway and To Have and Have Not, 113-30. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1999.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132086903691