Title
Wise Blood: Menstruation, Fertility, and the "Disappointment" in Hemingway’s Across the River and into the Trees
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Contextualizes Renata’s ambiguous reference to disappointment in the gondola scene by first examining Hemingway’s use of the word to signify unfulfilled sexual intercourse in For Whom the Bell Tolls and elsewhere. Closely examines the remark considering Renata and Cantwell’s conversations about having children. Reads the deeper disappointment behind Renata’s vague reference as the beginning of menstruation, thus ending the couple’s dream of pregnancy.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
37
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2017
Pages
55-66
COinS
Citation
Cirino, Mark and Amanda Kay Oaks. “Wise Blood: Menstruation, Fertility, and the ‘Disappointment’ in Hemingway’s Across the River and into the Trees.” Hemingway Review 37, no. 1 (Fall 2017): 55-66.