Title
Hemingway’s Modern Hymn: Music and the Church as Background Sources for "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Argues the importance of Byzantine church music to the story. Gives historical information about the use of castrated boys in church choirs as well as Hemingway’s ancestral connection to church music. Characterizes the story as a “modern prose hymn,” which celebrates the defeat accompanying faith and makes a powerful statement about the human condition in the chaotic modern age.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
28
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2008
Pages
51-67
COinS
Citation
Camastra, Nicole J. “Hemingway’s Modern Hymn: Music and the Church as Background Sources for ‘God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen.’” Hemingway Review 28, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 51-67.