The Influence of Cubism in Hemingway's Conception of Bullfighting in "The Capital of the World"

Abstract

ABSTRACT:This essay shows the connection between two fields Hemingway was particularly keen on—modern art and bullfighting. More specifically, this article pivots around "The Capital of the World," a story that contains several interesting examples of the influence that Cubism, one of the artistic movements most admired by Hemingway, had on his way of understanding tauromachy inside and outside the bullring. The use of certain stylistic techniques based on cubist pictorial techniques give shape and highlight some of the main ideas the American author had on bullfighting.