Title
Cosmopolitanism vs
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Studies how Hemingway weaponized humor in his battle with contemporaneous eugenic theories of Nordic supremacy masquerading as scientific truth. Interprets The Torrents of Spring as a political satire written by a cosmopolitan author concerned with the rise of new "racial" groups post-World War I, American immigration policies, and the consequences of racial cleansing. Luczak concludes that Hemingway's satiric novella engages directly with the major principles found in Grant's popular political treatise: "hysteria over the passing of the great white race in Europe; the doctrine of white superiority; his conviction of racial unknowability; and his denial of sovereignty to new nations considered to be racially diverse."
Published in
Mocking Eugenics: American Culture Against Scientific Hatred
Date
2021
Pages
101-123
Citation
Luczak, Ewa Barbara. "Cosmopolitanism vs. Eugenic Racial Nationalism: Ernest Hemingway's The Torrents of Spring and Madison Grant's The Passing of the Great Race." In Mocking Eugenics: American Culture Against Scientific Hatred, 101-23. New York: Routledge, 2021.