Title
Idealism, Deadlock, and Decimation: The Italian Experience of World War I in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and Emilio Lussu’s Sardinian Brigade
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Closely compares Hemingway’s text to Lussu’s later 1939 autobiographical novel based on his war experiences at the Italian front. Contends that Lussu authenticates Hemingway’s assessment of the failings of the Italian Army and reasons for the subsequent rise of fascism in postwar Italy.
Date
2014
Pages
113-130
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.