Title
The Scapegoat’s Scapegoat: A Girardian Reading of Across the River and into the Trees
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Draws on Girard’s theories of scapegoating to examine Cantwell’s position as the unjustly persecuted outsider and his similar irrational victimization of the pockmarked writer. Traces the protagonist’s growing self-awareness in perpetuating the scapegoat mythology, thus exposing Hemingway’s critique of modern society’s reliance on ritualized violence to create unity and maintain order.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
36
Issue
2
Date
Spring 2017
Pages
95-111
COinS
Citation
Vandagriff, Susan. “The Scapegoat’s Scapegoat: A Girardian Reading of Across the River and into the Trees.” Hemingway Review 36, no. 2 (Spring 2017): 95-111.