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Title

Hemingway’s Modern Hymn: Music and the Church as Background Sources for "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"

Document Type

Article

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.

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

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