War, Gender, and Ernest Hemingway

Journal article

Alex Vernon

Hemingway Review, Vol.22(1), pp.34-55

10/01/2002

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Title: War, Gender, and Ernest Hemingway
Author/Creator: Alex Vernon
Publication Details: Hemingway Review, Vol.22(1), pp.34-55
Annotation: Arguing that gender issues and war trauma are inextricably connected in Hemingway s canon, Vernon opposes scholarship dividing gender and war in Big Two-Hearted River. Explains that for a man to suppress war in his mind, he must suppress the familial social ties that motivate him to fight. Vernon draws on A Farewell to Arms to show how war also complicates a man s gender identity by emasculating and pacifying his agency. Finally, Vernon contends that Cross-Country Snow and An Alpine Idyll are best understood as transient respites from both war and social obligations.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132034703691