![]() ![]() Pointing out that Hemingway chose his title rather late, during the period when he was revising his manuscript, Michael Reynolds states flatly that "neither the rejected titles nor the final title had any influence on the writing of the novel."1 Bernard Oldsey, on the other hand, implies that the poem might have been important in the final shaping of the novel: Hemingway had this title in mind during a vital period of revision, including the remarkable conclusion which corresponds directly with the title and he obviously chose it with great care from among a number of possibilities that might have done well, but not as well, in providing a key to, and a reinforcement of, the dominant themes and motifs of the novel. Fleming University of New Mexico Two recent critical studies of A Farewell to Arms have examined the connection between George Peele's poem "A Farewell to Arms" and the Ernest Hemingway novel. ![]() HEMINGWAY AND PEELE: CHAPTER I OF A FAREWELL TO ARMS Robert E. ![]() In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: ![]()
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