Title
Awkwardness and Appreciation in Death in the Afternoon
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Discusses the “awkward” form of the book, postulating that the broken style functions to enhance the reader’s experience by forcing immersion. Highlights Hemingway’s use of “praeteritio,” the rhetorical trope of expressing what the author claims to omit, in his description of the “minor art” of bullfighting. Contends that the departure from his established aesthetic was necessary for the work to function as an effective exercise in empathy.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
33
Issue
2
Date
Spring 2014
Pages
81-98
COinS
Citation
Wyatt, David. “Awkwardness and Appreciation in Death in the Afternoon.” Hemingway Review 33, no. 2 (Spring 2014): 81-98.