'a certain amount of windowpane trouble': Injury, Censorship and Style in Hemingway's London Writing

Journal article

Jamie Fenton

Symbiosis, Vol.26(2), pp.211-234

2022

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Title: 'a certain amount of windowpane trouble': Injury, Censorship and Style in Hemingway's London Writing
Author/Creator: Jamie Fenton
Publication Details: Symbiosis, Vol.26(2), pp.211-234
Annotation: On Hemingway's reporting for Collier's magazine during WW II, focusing on the two London pieces "Voyage to Victory" (on his D-Day experience) and "London Fights the Robots" (on his RAF experience), along with his first "Poem to Mary." Fenton prefaces his analysis of Hemingway's "giddy wartime style" by speculating on the severity of his head wound suffered in a car crash shortly after arriving in London and recounting the author's frustration with the challenges posed by wartime censorship. In his close reading, Fenton posits that the marked changes in Hemingway's style during this period demonstrate his inventive approach to navigating censorship's constraints while striving to create enduring literature.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015211981703691