Title
"General Fat Ass Franco" and the "Spanish Issue" in Ernest Hemingway’s Across the River and Into the Trees
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Situates the duck hunting scene from chapter seventeen historically and politically, identifying a 1949 Life magazine photo-essay aimed at reinventing Francisco Franco’s reputation with the West as the source of Hemingway’s allusion. Guill sums up the “Spanish issue” debate regarding Franco’s desire for United Nation’s diplomatic recognition and U.S. economic aid. Provides insight into Hemingway’s lingering anger over the fall of the Spanish Republic and underscores the importance of reading closely even seemingly minor textual details in Hemingway’s writing.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
35
Issue
2
Date
Spring 2016
Pages
110-119
COinS
Citation
Guill, Stacey. “‘General Fat Ass Franco’ and the ‘Spanish Issue’ in Ernest Hemingway’s Across the River and Into the Trees.” Hemingway Review 35, no. 2 (Spring 2016): 110-19.