Title
"A Tiny Operation with Great Effect": Authorial Revision and Editorial Emasculation in the Manuscript of Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Manuscript study focused primarily on Hemingway’s revisions of passages containing sexuality or profanity to avoid what Hemingway called the “emasculation” of his text through censorship. Gould analyzes what the revisions imply about the sexual relationships between Robert and Maria, as well as Maria’s sexual connection to Pilar.
Date
1992
Pages
67-81
COinS
Citation
Sanderson, Rena, ed. Blowing the Bridge: Essays on Hemingway and “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.