Title
The Influence of the European Culture on Hemingway’s Fiction
Document Type
Book
Annotation
Focusing on the language, food, customs, spaces, and literature of France, Spain, and Italy, Ammary examines the transformative effects of the Old World exemplified through theme and character in Hemingway’s major fiction, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Moveable Feast, and Across the River and into the Trees. Drawing on race theory and transnational studies, Ammary concludes that Hemingway’s Europe becomes “an alien culture that is sufficiently different from his American roots, and yet this otherness serves him and his characters to fulfill their psychological needs to grow up and learn and become one of the initiated through suffering and loss.” Geared to both students and scholars. Includes a bibliography for further reading and helpful index.
Date
2015
Citation
Ammary, Silvia. The Influence of the European Culture on Hemingway’s Fiction. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2015.