
Title
Is Peace to War as Metonymy is to Metaphor? Some Thoughts on Crane, Hemingway, and the Mystery of Heroism
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Comparison study. Draws on John Limon’s theories of war literature to show the complex relationship between war and peace in Crane’s “A Mystery of Heroism,” and to a lesser extent in A Farewell to Arms and chapter three of In Our Time. Concludes that Hemingway’s realistic style precludes an easy categorization of his rhetorical technique.
Published in
Red Badges of Courage: Wars and Conflicts in American Culture
Date
1998
Pages
183-191
Citation
Mariani, Giorgio. “Is Peace to War as Metonymy is to Metaphor? Some Thoughts on Crane, Hemingway, and the Mystery of Heroism.” In Red Badges of Courage: Wars and Conflicts in American Culture, edited by Biancamarie Pisapia, Ugo Rubeo, and Anna Scacchi, 183-91. Rome, Italy: Bulzoni, 1998.