The Hemingway Bibliography
 

Title

A Conversation among Wars: Teaching A Farewell to Arms as an American War Novel

Document Type

Book Chapter

Citation

Tyler, Lisa, ed. Teaching Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.” Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2008.

Annotation

Details her graduate seminar on the American war novel featuring diverse readings of battlefront, home front, and postwar sensibilities. Haytock enumerates numerous approaches and resources, including World War I propaganda posters, and secondary readings about violence, war, and victimization by Freud and Elaine Scarry. Includes study questions on Frederic Henry’s wounding, Catherine’s evolving position from nurse to child bearer, and the roles of other noncombatants throughout the novel.

Date

2008

Pages

132-145

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