Title
Fishing for Stories: What "Big Two-Hearted River" Is Really About
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Manuscript study of the deleted ending, theorizing that Nick is recovering from feelings of entrapment by social demands rather than from psychological war wounds. Reading fishing as a metaphor for writing, Lamb interprets the story as a confession of Hemingway’s views on the nature and vocation of writing. Concludes with a discussion of Cezanne’s influence on the young author.
Published in
Modern Fiction Studies
Volume
37
Issue
2
Date
Summer 1991
Pages
161-181
COinS
Citation
Lamb, Robert Paul. “Fishing for Stories: What ‘Big Two-Hearted River’ Is Really About.” Modern Fiction Studies 37, no. 2 (Summer 1991): 161-81.