Title
Queer Realism vs. Hardboiled Modernism: Henry James’s "The Beast in the Jungle" and Ernest Hemingway’s "The Battler"
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Tsuji contends that Hemingway’s plain style is a reaction against the effeminacy of nineteenth-century realism. Offers a queer reading focused on the performative nature of each text’s style and challenges those identifying a homosexual theme in “The Battler” “to interrogate how such a reading can make the story more creative and imaginative.”
Published in
Studies in English Literature
Volume
49
Date
2008
Pages
69-86
COinS
Citation
Tsuji, Hideo. “Queer Realism vs. Hardboiled Modernism: Henry James’s ‘The Beast in the Jungle’ and Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The Battler.’” Studies in English Literature 49 (2008): 69-86.