Distance, Voice, and Temporal Perspective in Frederic Henry’s Narration: Successes, Problems, and Paradox

Focuses on Hemingway’s complex narrative techniques at different stages in the novel to show how Hemingway creates distance between his own voice and Frederic’s, revealing the latter’s growth from a naïve and unreflective youth to a mature man with a clear understanding of his own place in the world. Also published as “Voice, Distance, Temporal Perspective, and the Dynamics of A Farewell to Arms” in Narrative as Rhetoric: Technique, Audiences, Ethics, Ideology 59-84. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1996