Argues that the naturalistic and allusive language in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” particularly in the dialogue between the two waiters, exemplifies the modern inability to communicate meaning. Berman notes that, in representing the values of modern materialism and cultural truisms through the waiters, Hemingway fails to follow his own advice that characters must be people rather than symbols
Draws on linguistic theory to address the economy of Hemingway’s prose, characterizing his hallmark ...
Looks at Hemingway critique of the arbitrary nature of Western culture’s construction of meaning and...
Challenges the traditional psycho-symbolic interpretations of the story’s landscape, instead asserti...
Draws on the waiters’ dialogue in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” in his brief examination of Hemingwa...
Draws on original typescripts and Hemingway’s letters to argue against Scribner’s emendation of the ...
Sums up the critical debate surrounding the waiters’ dialogue by concluding that Hemingway intention...
Argues the importance of determining which lines the old waiter speaks to correctly understand the d...
Surveys examples of communication and miscommunication patterns between characters throughout Heming...
Complicates the common view that Hemingway’s simple sentences are meant to faithfully transcribe fac...
After surveying the longstanding debate concerning the waiters’ dialogue, Bennett disputes David Ker...
Noting the possibility of Hemingway’s purposeful violation of traditional literary dialogue consider...
Revisits the much-debated controversy about the dialogue between the two waiters, arguing that resol...
Rhetorical approach focusing on the story as a lyric narrative that invites the audience to respond ...
Explores ideas of realism and metaphor through the stripped-down language of Hemingway and his Canad...
Stylistic comparison of each author’s appropriation of Parisian modernist aesthetics. Nakjavani anal...
Draws on linguistic theory to address the economy of Hemingway’s prose, characterizing his hallmark ...
Looks at Hemingway critique of the arbitrary nature of Western culture’s construction of meaning and...
Challenges the traditional psycho-symbolic interpretations of the story’s landscape, instead asserti...
Draws on the waiters’ dialogue in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” in his brief examination of Hemingwa...
Draws on original typescripts and Hemingway’s letters to argue against Scribner’s emendation of the ...
Sums up the critical debate surrounding the waiters’ dialogue by concluding that Hemingway intention...
Argues the importance of determining which lines the old waiter speaks to correctly understand the d...
Surveys examples of communication and miscommunication patterns between characters throughout Heming...
Complicates the common view that Hemingway’s simple sentences are meant to faithfully transcribe fac...
After surveying the longstanding debate concerning the waiters’ dialogue, Bennett disputes David Ker...
Noting the possibility of Hemingway’s purposeful violation of traditional literary dialogue consider...
Revisits the much-debated controversy about the dialogue between the two waiters, arguing that resol...
Rhetorical approach focusing on the story as a lyric narrative that invites the audience to respond ...
Explores ideas of realism and metaphor through the stripped-down language of Hemingway and his Canad...
Stylistic comparison of each author’s appropriation of Parisian modernist aesthetics. Nakjavani anal...
Draws on linguistic theory to address the economy of Hemingway’s prose, characterizing his hallmark ...
Looks at Hemingway critique of the arbitrary nature of Western culture’s construction of meaning and...
Challenges the traditional psycho-symbolic interpretations of the story’s landscape, instead asserti...