Title
"The tug of a far away invisible force": American Idealization of "Home" and Its Impact on Two Signature Novels
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Details the cultural development of “home” as a utopian, American ideal, and its manifestation in Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925). Argues that Frederic Henry searches for “that which cannot be lost,” but must ultimately awaken to and disabuse himself of his romantic expectations.
Published in
Platte Valley Review
Volume
24
Issue
1
Date
1996
Pages
60-75
COinS
Citation
Peek, Charles A. and Jill Heney. “‘The tug of a far away invisible force’: American Idealization of ‘Home’ and Its Impact on Two Signature Novels.” Platte Valley Review 24, no. 1 (1996): 60-75.