JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Fetid Feast: Hunger and Violence in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.

  • Published In: Hemingway Review, 2024, v. 43, n. 2. P. 97 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Gann, Lawrence 3 of 3

Abstract

Hemingway's casting of the Great War's battlefields as a "stockyard" is monumental within A Farewell to Arms. The comparison captures the brutality and waste of the industrialized murder from which Frederic must escape. Resounding beyond the distress of the mechanical efficiency of the war, this image complicates depictions of commensality and consumption. While Frederic eats cheese, the war eats people. Frequently, Hemingway draws us to meals achieved and attempted to meditate on a difficult truth: sustenance and violence mingle by their nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Hemingway Review. 2024/03, Vol. 43, Issue 2, p97
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0276-3362
  • DOI:10.1353/hem.2024.a925983
  • Accession Number:176853054
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