JOURNAL ARTICLE

"Hemingway was here": The Use and Abuse of Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms in Slovenia's National Imagination.

  • Published In: Hemingway Review, 2025, v. 45, n. 1. P. 47 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Kranjc, Gregor 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay explores the enduring Slovene fascination with Hemingway's famous war novel A Farewell to Arms, and its contemporary cultural and economic exploitation. While depicting the Great War's Isonzo/Soča front, a large part of which is in present-day Slovenia, Hemingway never mentioned the Slovenes by name, nor did he use Slovene placenames. The article contextualizes this apparent disconnect within contested Slovene memories of World War I and the Isonzo/Soča battlefields, the invisibleness of "smaller" nationalities such as the Slovenes, as well as the lucrative cachet of Hemingway's name and novel in the Slovene local economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Hemingway Review. 2025/09, Vol. 45, Issue 1, p47
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0276-3362
  • DOI:10.1353/hem.2025.a975284
  • Accession Number:189249188
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