Title
The Fragmented Origins of Ernest Hemingway’s "A Natural History of the Dead"
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Manuscript study. Close structural reading of the critically neglected story from parody fragment to finished product. Forsythe charts Hemingway’s struggle with style, tone, and purpose through several drafts to eventually arrive at a clear critique of war, death, and its aftermath.
Date
2014
Pages
131-149
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.