Looking at the Past: Nostalgia as Technique in "The Naked and the Dead" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Author(s)	Bob Batchelor
Abstract	A literary criticism of the books "The Naked and the Dead," by Norman Mailer and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," by Ernest Hemingway is presented. It explores how both 20th century American writers used nostalgia as a literary technique in their books. In both books, nostalgia was used to help readers contextualize or understand the narratives
Format	Article
Publication Date	2010-10-01
Publication Title	The Mailer Review
Volume	4
Issue	1
First Page	303
Keywords	Journalism nostalgia Norman Mailer Ernest Hemingway
Subject	American Literature Journalism Studies Mass Communication
Community	School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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Batchelor, B. (2010). Looking at the Past: Nostalgia as Technique in "The Naked and the Dead" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". The Mailer Review. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/2356

Batchelor, Bob. 2010. “Looking at the Past: Nostalgia As Technique in "The Naked and the Dead" and ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’”. The Mailer Review. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/2356.

Batchelor, B. Looking at the Past: Nostalgia As Technique in "The Naked and the Dead" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". The Mailer Review, 1 Oct. 2010, https://oaks.kent.edu/node/2356.