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Anti-Sport Sentiments in Literature: Batting for the Opposition

By John Bale

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0415422655, 9780415422659, 9780203935828
LCC
PR478.S66 B35 2007
Open Library ID
OL10205792M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2371465 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
224\218
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto excluded voices from the world of literature. The book commences with a review of exiting pro- and anti-sport discourses and then proceeds to examine, in turn, the written works of five eminent authors, excavating from their writings their anti-sports rhetorics. These writers are Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), Charles Hamilton Sorley, Jerome K. Jerome, John Betjeman and Alan Sillitoe. In its conclusion, the book draws together the broad themes discussed in the preceding chapters. Innovative in its approach to sport and literature and remarkable for its not having been previously explored in any depth, this book will be of interest to readers from both social sciences and humanities backgrounds.

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