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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2023
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
English
First Advisor
Barrett Watten
Abstract
This dissertation addresses the representation of space, place, and landscape in fiction and nonfiction works of early twentieth century American literature. The analysis is built upon a foundation of texts by Ernest Hemingway, various articles published by the National Geo-graphic Society, and other American authors. The scope of this project is framed by the First and Second World Wars while also addressing travel writing of the interwar period and the Spanish Civil War. The aim of this dissertation is to understand the complex ways which the authors studied here attempted to represent foreign spaces and difficult concepts to a middle-class American audience who would not likely have had the opportunities to experience these places and events firsthand.
Recommended Citation
Preece, Felicia Marie, ""making Geography Come Alive": Hemingway & Representing Space In Mid-Century America" (2023). Wayne State University Dissertations. 3934.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/3934