Title
Reading Hemingway Backwards: Teaching A Farewell to Arms in Light of The Garden of Eden
Document Type
Book Chapter
Annotation
Outlines his method for preparing students for the subtle expression of gender and psychosexual themes found in A Farewell to Arms by first reading their more pronounced presence in the posthumously published The Garden of Eden. Concludes that this “backwards” approach fosters a closer reading and a richer understanding of A Farewell to Arms, including the haircutting fetish as a tool for merging and Catherine Barkley “as the split-off other-sex half of Hemingway’s ego.”
Published in
Date
2016
Pages
104-114
COinS
Citation
Kale, Verna, ed. Teaching Hemingway and Gender. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2016.