Title
William James and "The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife"
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Examines the religious history of Hemingway’s family, focusing on the differing Jamesian forms of Protestantism practiced by Hemingway’s parents. Argues that this religious tumult is portrayed in “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife” in which Dr. Adams struggles to come to terms with the imposition of his wife’s “muscular” Christianity, which reduces him to “nothing much” and dismisses his despair.
Published in
Date
1995
Pages
47-57
COinS
Citation
Svoboda, Frederic J. and Joseph J. Waldemeir., eds. Up in Michigan Perspectives. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1995.