Title
Abusive and Nonabusive Dying in Hemingway’s Fiction
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Applies theories of domestic violence to “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” to show Harry as the classic verbal abuser who is rewarded with a heavenward journey. Argues that later Hemingway texts depicting non-abusive deaths such as in To Have and Have Not and For Whom the Bell Tolls reveal the author’s growing embarrassment over the earlier story’s warped view of manliness.
Published in
Eight Lessons in Love: A Domestic Violence Reader
Date
1997
Pages
210-222
COinS
Citation
Spilka, Mark. “Abusive and Nonabusive Dying in Hemingway’s Fiction.” In Eight Lessons in Love: A Domestic Violence Reader, 210-22. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997.