Title
Theatrical and Self-Conscious Metaphor in Modern Realism: Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan Reunited
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Explores ideas of realism and metaphor through the stripped-down language of Hemingway and his Canadian contemporary, Callaghan, in lesser-known short stories. Though each was suspicious of figurative language, each used it "to compensate for concision." Presents Callaghan's "A Predicament" and Hemingway's "Capital of the World" in extensive close readings as a starting point for identifying their use of theatrical metaphor, which heightens the contrast of reality and illusion.
Published in
Journal of the Short Story in English
Volume
71
Date
2018
Pages
173-199
COinS
Citation
Deshaye, Joel. "Theatrical and Self-Conscious Metaphor in Modern Realism: Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan Reunited." Journal of the Short Story in English 71 (Autumn 2018): 173-99.