Hemingway, Mailer, and the “Reds”

Authors

  • Victor Peppard University of South Florida Author

Keywords:

Ernest Hemingway, communism in literature, Spanish Civil War, fascism and anti-fascism, Cold War politics in literature

Abstract

Ernest Hemingway and Norman Mailer both wrote fiction and journalism that deal with Russians (“Reds”). In Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls and Norman Mailer’s Harlot’s Ghost and Oswald’s Tale, Reds or communists of different types, stripes, and nationalities appear in various significant roles and guises.

Author Biography

  • Victor Peppard, University of South Florida

    Victor Peppard received his PhD at the University of Michigan in Slavic Languages and Literatures with a specialization in twentieth-century Russian literature. He is Professor of Russian and Chair of World Languages at the University of South Florida and is the author of over two dozen articles and/or book chapters on Russian literature and culture, including work on the history of Russian and Soviet sport. His scholarship also includes a monograph on the Russian writer Yury Olesha and a co-authored book, with James Riordan, on Soviet Sport Diplomacy. He has translated and published Russian fiction and poetry, co-authored a text on the US for Russian students, and has published a handful of short stories.

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Published

2026-03-25

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2010): Literary Warriors

Section

Articles