Title
Concrete Sensations: Imagining Feeling in A Farewell to Arms
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Discusses the retrospective narrative’s stylized resistance to accessing the lived experience of the story world it creates. Tanner argues that the reader’s inability to imaginatively connect with the novel’s romantic plot is linked to Frederic Henry’s grieving process in which he must cope with both Catherine Barkley’s presence and absence. Explores at length the novel’s intermittent representations of sensory perception and emotion, especially in its final scenes.
Published in
Modern Fiction Studies
Volume
62
Issue
3
Date
Fall 2016
Pages
444-461
COinS
Citation
Tanner, Laura E. “Concrete Sensations: Imagining Feeling in A Farewell to Arms.” Modern Fiction Studies 62, no. 3 (Fall 2016): 444-61.