Title
"The Priest Did Not Answer": Hemingway, the Church, the Party, and For Whom the Bell Tolls
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Analysis focusing on Catholic symbolism and themes found in the text. Argues that the novel’s “Church-Party” struggle reflects Hemingway’s own conflicted views on Catholicism and communism, and his desire to “assert oneness of Spanish tradition and contemporary Republican experience.” Provides a close reading of Pilar’s tale of the execution of the fascists, which supports the novel’s epigraph regarding the oneness of humanity.
Date
1992
Pages
99-112
COinS
Citation
Sanderson, Rena, ed. Blowing the Bridge: Essays on Hemingway and “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.