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The Sun Also Rises : A Hemingway Travelogue. Hemingway and Hadley. Hemingway married Hadley in Chicago on September 3, 1921 One of the wedding guests was Sherwood Anderson, a mentor/writer friend of Hemingway’s. Dateline: Paris, 1921.
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Hemingway and Hadley • Hemingway married Hadley in Chicago on September 3, 1921 • One of the wedding guests was Sherwood Anderson, a mentor/writer friend of Hemingway’s
Dateline: Paris, 1921 • Intrigued by Anderson’s description of Paris, Hemingway decided to move there • Hemingway left for Paris with Hadley on Dec. 8, 1921 • Hemingway worked as a reporter for the Toronto Star • Hemingway fell in with expatriates in Paris Harold Loeb (model for Cohn)
You are all a lost generation… Gertrude Stein
A tour of Paris sites in The Sun Also Rises: • Hemingway’s apartment (video with Michael Palin) • Montparnasse – the artistic Left Bank area in Paris • Cafés: Le Dôme, La Closerie des Lilas, La Rotonde, Le Select, and La Coupoleare all still open and are much the same as they appeared in the 1920s.
roman à clef • A novel with a “key” • Written about actual people and events • Example: Robert Cohn is based on Hemingway’s friend Harold Loeb
Hemingway never actually ran with bulls… Like these crazy people…
Bullfighting • Hemingway saw his first bullfight in 1923. • Hemingway spent as much time as possible in Pamplona during the 1920s. • Hemingway even tried his luck at bullfighting! Hemingway
A lifelong bullfighting aficionado… two tickets to the upcoming bullfights in Pamplona were found in his desk drawer after his death in 1961.
The Running of the Bulls The “correct” outfit for the San Fermín Festival (Running of the Bulls) is a white shirt, white trousers, and a “splash” of red. Legend says “Saint Fermín” was killed by a bull over 1000 years ago.