Title
Text, Ritual, and Memory: Hemingway’s "Big Two-Hearted River"
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Manuscript study. Opens by speculating on editorial changes that need to be made to the text, including spelling and punctuation corrections. Argues that because “Big Two-Hearted River” is not a war trauma story, “Now I Lay Me” is an inappropriate lens for reading it. Discusses the ritualistic elements of the story that enable Nick to return to his prewar self as a memory.
Published in
North Dakota Quarterly
Volume
60
Issue
3
Date
1992
Pages
14-25
COinS
Citation
Westbrook, Max. “Text, Ritual, and Memory: Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River.’” North Dakota Quarterly 60, no. 3 (1992): 14-25.