Distinguished scholar examines Hemingway and the ritual of the bullfight.

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - Oct. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- A previously unpublished Ernest Hemingway short story from 1924 - "My Life in the Bull Ring with David Ogden Stewart" - will soon see the light of day for the first time. The humorous tale (which young Hemingway had optimistically hoped to publish in Vanity Fair) is included in the forthcoming The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 2, 1923-1925 - edited by Sandra Spanier, Albert J. DeFazio II and Robert W. Trogdon - and schduled for publication by Cambridge University Press on October 22nd.

In conjunction with this release, New Street is proud to anounce the publication of Beyond DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON: A Meditation on Tragedy in the Corrida by world-renowned Hemingway scholar Allen Josephs. In this extended essay, Josephs delivers a masterful consideration of the ritual of the corrida and contemplates the essential tragedy of the corrida's high priests: the toreros. In the process, Josephs goes well beyond standard literary criticism as he ponders such eternal themes as sacrifice, heroism and hero-worship, and the core cultural, spiritual and philosophical underpinnings of the traditional bullfight.

Josephs is a past president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society and one of the world's foremost Hemingway scholars. His writings include the critically-acclaimed Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida, four critical editions of the poetry of Lorca, and numerous reviews and essays in the Atlantic, New Republic, New York Times Book Review and elsewhere. He has been University Research Professor at the University of West Florida since 1986, and has taught there since 1969. New Street will publish his On Hemingway and Spain, Essays and Reviews 1979-2013 in November.

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Paperback: 34 pages
ISBN-10: 0615882196
ISBN-13: 978-0615882192
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.1 inches

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