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Laurel & Thorn : the Athlete in American Literature.

To examine the social and cultural significance of the athlete hero in American literature, Robert J. Higgs turns to the works of Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Higgs views the athlete in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Higgs, Robert J., 1932-2015
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1981.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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