
Title
X-raying Hemingway and Didion: Words Left Out
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Guide for aspiring writers offering strategies learned through close reading of great literature. Clark examines the opening passage of A Farewell to Arms to demonstrate the difference between redundancy and purposeful repetition in making meaning.
Published in
The Art of X-Ray Reading: How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing
Date
2016
Pages
40-50
COinS
Citation
Clark, Roy Peter. “X-raying Hemingway and Didion: Words Left Out.” In The Art of X-Ray Reading: How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing, 40-50. New York: Little, Brown, 2016.