Title
The Death of Love in A Farewell to Arms
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Proposes the calamity of the novel to be the love between the protagonists, arguing that A Farewell to Arms is a critique of both Frederic and his self-indulgent and irresponsible relationship with Catherine. In his close reading, Cain separates Frederic’s first-person narrative voice from that of Hemingway to reassert Hemingway’s self-aware and psychologically astute writing style in opposition to critics who have underestimated the complexity of his thinking.
Published in
Sewanee Review
Volume
121
Issue
3
Date
Summer 2013
Pages
376-392
COinS
Citation
Cain, William E. “The Death of Love in A Farewell to Arms.” Sewanee Review 121, no. 3 (Summer 2013): 376-92.