Title
The Story as It Should Be: Epistemological Uncertainty in Hemingway’s "Cat in the Rain"
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Offers a postmodern analysis of the “lexical riddles” found in the story. Speculates on if the wife has ever been pregnant before or if she (or her husband) is infertile, and how the questioning of fertility subverts the stereotypical roles of the characters. Advises reading as a writer to interpret Hemingway’s lexical riddles.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
14
Issue
1
Date
Fall 1994
Pages
72-78
COinS
Citation
Barton, Edwin J. “The Story as It Should Be: Epistemological Uncertainty in Hemingway’s ‘Cat in the Rain.’” Hemingway Review 14, no. 1 (Fall 1994): 72-78.