On Hemingway and Spain: Essays & Reviews 1979-2013

Collection of mostly previously published essays and critical reviews on the monumental influence of Spain and the toreo on Hemingway’s life and works. Spanning thirty-four years of scholarship, Josephs’s anthology analyzes The Sun Also Rises, Death in the Afternoon, For Whom the Bell Tolls and other works within their artistic, historical, and cultural contexts, devoting specific attention to the rituals and traditions of the corrida. Essays are arranged chronologically by date of publication. See annotation for original introduction below.