Critical Sources:
Hunt, Anthony. "Another Turn for Hemingway's 'The Revolutionist": Sources and Meanings." Fitzgerald/Hemingway Annual (1977): 119-35. Rpt. in Reynolds 203-17.
Reynolds, Michael S. Critical Essays on Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983. On reserve.
Smith, Paul. A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989. On reserve.
Steinke, Jim. "The Two Shortest Stories of Hemingway's In Our Time." Reynolds 218-26.
Discussion starters
This story is sometimes paired with "A Very Short Story" as a "narrative of disillusionment" (Smith 31). In what ways do you see this?
What is the role of the various painters mentioned in the story: Giotto, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca and Mantegna (see Mantegna's St. Sebastian at left)?