A Clean, Well-Lighted Place | Historical Context
Hemingway's Folk
Many things account for the rural or small town Spanish characters and scenery of Hemingway’s ‘‘A Clean, Well-Lighted Place.’’ First, as an expatriate artist living on the continent in the 1920s, Hemingway developed a passion for Spain. He was a lifelong fan of Spanish popular traditions. He enjoyed the festivals, and he keenly appreciated the bullfight. He went to Spain often to fish in the countryside, and so he came to know its plainer people.
In addition to this familiarity with Spain’s rural peoples, “plain folk”...
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