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Contents Preface xi I. Full Encounters of the Close Kind 1. Really Reading a Hemingway Story: The Example of “Indian Camp” 3 Prologue: The Contexts of “Indian Camp” 3 Failure: The Original Opening 14 Triumph: The Achievement of “Indian Camp” 26 Coda: Coming Full Circle in “Fathers and Sons” 84 II. How Craft Readings Contribute to Understanding Stories 2. Dueling Wounds in “Soldier’s Home”: The Relation of Textual Form, Narrative Argument, and Cultural Critique 89 3. The “Pointless” Story: What Is “A Canary for One”? 112 III. Metacritical and Metafictional Hemingway 4. Hemingway on (Mis)Reading Stories: “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” as Metacriticism 153 5. Hemingway on (Mis)Writing Stories: “Big Two-Hearted River” as Metafiction 167 Acknowledgments 193 Notes 197 Works Cited 215 Index 225 This page intentionally left blank ...

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