The price of duty in Hemingway's The fifth column

Abstract

This essay examines Hemingway's The fifth column, a play he wrote in Madrid during the fall of 1937 while that city was under bombardment. The essay aims at clarifying the motives behind Hemingway's involvement with the Spanish Civil War and at illuminating the significance of  that involvement to his artistic development.

Este ensaio analisa a peça denominada A quinta coluna, escrita em Madrid por Ernest Hemingway, durante a Guerra Civil Espanhola. O ensaio procura esclarecer os motivos do envolvimento político/ideológico do escritor norte-americano, assim como o significado desse envolvimento para a sua carreira artística.