Vaudeville Philosophers: "The Killers"

Journal article

Ron Berman

Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.45(1), pp.79-93

04/01/1999

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Title: Vaudeville Philosophers: "The Killers"
Author/Creator: Ron Berman
Publication Details: Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.45(1), pp.79-93
Annotation: Traces the influence of the vaudeville tradition on the story, reading Max and Al as straight men and Nick, George, and Sam as yokel rubes. Argues Hemingway employs vaudevillian philosophy to raise questions of radical empiricism, forcing deluded Americans to recognize their conventional American values and expand their sense of evil.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132284403691