Adria Bernardi: Narrative Distance and the Visual Image and Hemingway (January 2006)

Beginning by admitting that she has never been able to “get” Hemingway, Adria Bernardi explores what it is about Hemingway’s narrators that leave her feeling “locked-out,” unable to access these characters’ emotional worlds. Through careful readings of several of Hemingway’s stories, Bernardi investigates how Hemingway’s use of narrative distance in relationship to visual images allows the reader to stand next to the narrator, and she reflects on what makes this narrative distance both challenging and rewarding.