Title
Ernest Hemingway’s "How Death Sought Out the Town Major of Roncade": Observations on the Development of a Writer
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Examines two manuscript versions of an early unpublished short story set in Italy during World War I. Stewart dates the first draft to 1920, suggesting that the later revision shows Hemingway’s promise of one day producing mature war stories such as “Soldier’s Home” and A Farewell to Arms. Notes biographical connections between the two draft versions and Hemingway’s life. Concludes that Hemingway’s evolving sophistication in creating antiheroic narratives places him squarely within the modernist tradition.
Published in
Literary Imagination
Volume
8
Issue
2
Date
Spring 2006
Pages
211-219
COinS
Citation
Stewart, Matthew C. “Ernest Hemingway’s ‘How Death Sought Out the Town Major of Roncade’: Observations on the Development of a Writer.” Literary Imagination 8, no. 2 (Spring 2006): 211-19.