JOURNAL ARTICLE

Jig on the Border: The World and Time of the Simile.

  • Published In: Hemingway Review, 2024, v. 44, n. 1. P. 12 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Mastin, William Douglas; Spicer, Kevin Andrew 3 of 3

Abstract

Hemingway's story "Hills Like White Elephants" is filled with twosomes. Indeed, the title itself presents a pair: "Hills" like "White Elephants." It is a natural temptation, when confronted with such couplings, to choose one or the other: either the Hills or the White Elephants. This temptation passes something crucial by, though--namely, the "like." This paper argues--through a healthy dose of psychoanalysis--that in this story Hemingway is attempting to heed these in-between third terms, of which the simile is one, to tarry with them, and to refrain from choosing one of the pair over the other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Hemingway Review. 2024/09, Vol. 44, Issue 1, p12
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0276-3362
  • DOI:10.1353/hem.2024.a945586
  • Accession Number:181126965
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