The Characterization and the Dialogue Problem in Hemingway s "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"

Journal article

Warren Bennett

Hemingway Review, Vol.9(2), pp.94-123

04/01/1990

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Title: The Characterization and the Dialogue Problem in Hemingway s "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
Author/Creator: Warren Bennett
Publication Details: Hemingway Review, Vol.9(2), pp.94-123
Annotation: After surveying the longstanding debate concerning the waiters dialogue, Bennett disputes David Kerner s well-known argument that the original, unaltered 1933 version of the story is accurate regarding which waiter knows of the old man s suicide attempt. Relying on manuscript and extra-textual evidence, Bennett concludes that the older waiter must have been the one to know about the suicide attempt and that the 1965 emended Scribner text is the correct one. See Kerner s The Foundation of the True Text of A Clean, Well-Lighted Place in Fitzgerald/Hemingway Annual (1979): 279-300).
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015131524803691