Title
Love in the Time of Influenza: Hemingway and the 1918 Pandemic
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Sociohistorical study tracing the devastating impact of the 1918 flu pandemic on Hemingway’s wartime experiences, romance with Agnes von Kurowsky, family at home in Oak Park, and the conclusion of A Farewell to Arms. Briefly mentions “A Natural History of the Dead” and an untitled short story emphasizing the violent and humiliating effects accompanying this natural form of death.
Date
2014
Pages
36-52
COinS
Citation
Paul, Steve, Gail Sinclair, and Steven Trout, eds. War + Ink: New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway’s Early Life and Writings. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2014.