The Hemingway Short Story: A Study in Craft for Writers and Readers

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THE HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY This page intentionally left blank THE HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY A STUDY in CRAFT for WRITERS and READERS ROBERT PAUL LAMB Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2013 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing Designer: Laura Roubique Gleason Typeface: Minion Pro Printer: McNaughton & Gunn Binder: Dekker Bookbinding Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lamb, Robert Paul, 1951– The Hemingway short story : a study in craft for writers and readers / Robert Paul Lamb. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8071-4742-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8071-4743-6 (pdf) — ISBN 978-0-8071-4744-3 (epub) — ISBN 978-0-8071-4745-0 (mobi) 1. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899–1961—Technique. 2. Short story. I. Title. PS3515.E37Z6886 2013 813'.52—dc23 2012007901 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ∞ For Kip Robisch A beloved, multi-award-winning educator who has taught generations of students to examine everything they take for granted and to think for themselves An unswervingly ethical man who always stands up for what is right, devotes himself to helping others, and never ditches his principles out of inconvenience or fear An advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves—animals in the wild—dedicated to protecting them and the earth’s ecosystems from a culture of death bent on senseless extermination for “fun” and profit A brilliant scholar whose masterpiece, Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature, is the absolute gold standard of contemporary, scientifically based ecocriticism An author of original ecocritical fiction and A true friend whose wisdom, kindness, and decency I will forever cherish This one’s for you, #54 This page intentionally left blank But giants of his sort are truly modest; there is much more behind Hemingway’s form than people know. —James Joyce Of his own writing Ernest said, “Nobody really knows or understands and nobody has ever said the secret. The secret is that it is poetry written into prose and it is the hardest of all things to do.” —Mary Welsh Hemingway This page intentionally left blank ...