- Title
- The Bittersweet Taste of Absinthe in Hemingway s "Hills Like White Elephants"
- Author/Creator
- Doris Lanier
- Publication Details
- Studies in Short Fiction, Vol.26, pp.279-288
- Annotation
- Explores the simile that Everything tastes...like absinthe, comparing this device with other representative images to show the connotative and symbolic value of absinthe in the story. Explains absinthe s addictive, destructive, and hallucinatory qualities that mirror the couple's relationship. Proposes that Hemingway may have intended this story to correspond with Picasso s The Absinthe Drinker.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015132381403691
Journal article
The Bittersweet Taste of Absinthe in Hemingway s "Hills Like White Elephants"
Studies in Short Fiction, Vol.26, pp.279-288
07/01/1989
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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