Sport and the spirit of play in American fiction : Hawthorne to Faulkner /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Messenger, Christian K., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1981.
Subjects:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Sports in literature.
Athletes in literature.
Play in literature.
Sports stories > History and criticism.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Sports dans la littérature.
Sportifs dans la littérature.
Jeu dans la littérature.
Sports > Récits.
Récits de sports > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction.
Sports stories.
Literatur
Spiel > Motiv
Sport > Motiv
Romans.
Sport.
Amerikaans.
Spel.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hawthorne : the play spirit
  • Sport and society
  • Sport and the frontier
  • Organized sport and its reporters
  • Lardner : the popular sports hero
  • The incarnation of the college athletic hero
  • The boys' school sports story
  • Fitzgerald : the school sports hero
  • The school sports hero as satiric emblem : Hemingway and Faulkner
  • Hemingway : exemplary heroicism and heroic witnessing
  • Faulkner : the play spirit
  • Sports approaches the sacred : Hemingway and Faulkner.

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