Troubling Space: Dispersal of Place in The Sun Also Rises and The Garden of Eden

The Sun Also Rises (1926) and The Garden of Eden (1986) contain a large number of place names, particularly European ones. This essay examines Hemingway's use of place names as a poetic strategy that forms part of an inquiry into the meaning of space and place. While place names appear to be st...

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Published in:The Hemingway review 2018-03, Vol.37 (2), p.6
Main Author: Kack, Elin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Criticism and interpretation
Hemingway, Ernest
Novelists
Poetic techniques
Poetics
Setting (Literature)
Works
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Summary:The Sun Also Rises (1926) and The Garden of Eden (1986) contain a large number of place names, particularly European ones. This essay examines Hemingway's use of place names as a poetic strategy that forms part of an inquiry into the meaning of space and place. While place names appear to be stable referents denoting specific geographical locations, the background of war underscores the arbitrariness involved in borders, place, and location. Hemingway's novels challenge the view of place names as stable referents and demonstrate the crucial role played by artistic representation in the creation of place.
ISSN:0276-3362
1548-4815