Title
Hemingway and the True Poetry of War
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Transcription of American novelist Morgan’s keynote address for a conference on Hemingway and war. Commenting on Hemingway’s innovative style and lasting influence, Morgan recollects his love of Hemingway’s incomparably “quiet” poetic language and the “hypnotic” quality of his voice, pointing out that its cinematic and photographic qualities were inspired by imagism. Suggests the stylistic influence of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose lean, bold style shares much with Hemingway’s famed architectural prose. Reflects on the context of war in works such as A Farewell to Arms, “Now I Lay Me,” and “A Way You’ll Never Be,” and discusses at length the role of the grasshoppers in “The Big Two-Hearted River.”
Published in
War, Literature & the Arts
Volume
12
Issue
1
Date
2000
Pages
137-156
Citation
Morgan, Robert. “Hemingway and the True Poetry of War.” War, Literature & the Arts 12, no. 1 (2000 Spring/Summer): 137-56.