Title
Hemingway’s Requiem for Battlefields: "Atomic Jokes" after Hiroshima/Nagasaki in Across the River and into the Trees
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Draws on Freud’s theory of humor and Hemingway’s casual references to atomic bombs in the novel and elsewhere to trace the author’s evolving attitude toward warfare following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yanagisawa posits that Hemingway’s change in writing style and comic stance found in his cold war novel reflects his recognition of the worthlessness of the battlefield with its shift away from inhumanity to global a-humanity in the atomic age.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
37
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2017
Pages
18-35
COinS
Citation
Yanagisawa, Hideo. “Hemingway’s Requiem for Battlefields: ‘Atomic Jokes’ after Hiroshima/Nagasaki in Across the River and into the Trees.” Hemingway Review 37, no. 1 (Fall 2017): 18-35.