Title
Medicine and Medicines in Hemingway’s Arkansas
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Biographical exploration of Hemingway’s experience with medicine and the pharmaceutical industry through his father’s occupation, relationship with Pauline Pfeiffer’s family, and the suffering he witnessed in World War I. Cardoni speculates on the specific form and dosage of medications Hemingway features in short stories written during his time in Piggott, Arkansas, including “A Simple Enquiry,” “A Natural History of the Dead,” “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,” “A Day’s Wait,” and “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.”
Published in
Arkansas Review
Volume
45
Issue
2
Date
2014
Pages
104-112
COinS
Citation
Cardoni, Alex A. “Medicine and Medicines in Hemingway’s Arkansas.” Arkansas Review 45, no. 2 (Aug. 2014): 104-12.