Title
The Elephant in the Writing Room: Hemingway’s Travels, Eco-Cosmopolitanism, and the Desire for Africa
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Book chapter focuses on the meaning of Hemingway’s travels, touching on such ideas as privileged mobility, love of place, post-humanism, colonialism, trauma, and other theoretical mile markers. Discourses with Toni Morrison’s critique of Hemingway’s African writings and springboards into discussions of primitivism, the roles of and regards for nonhuman animals, critical readings of The Garden of Eden, and ultimately a deep reading of the novel, its language, symbols, and eco-conscious implications.
Published in
Homesickness: Of Trauma and the Longing for Place in a Changing Environment
Date
2019
Pages
115-152
COinS
Citation
Hediger, Ryan. “The Elephant in the Writing Room: Hemingway’s Travels, Eco-Cosmopolitanism, and the Desire for Africa.” In Homesickness: Of Trauma and the Longing for Place in a Changing Environment, 115-52. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2019.