Sport and the spirit of play in contemporary American fiction

Author(s)

• Messenger, Christian K.

Bibliographic Information

Sport and the spirit of play in contemporary American fiction

Christian K. Messenger

Columbia University Press, c1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The sequel to Messenger's (English, U. of Illinois at Chicago) Sport and the spirit of play in American fiction: Hawthorne to Faulkner . Covering the period since World War II, he considers over 100 novels, treating them thematically, with separate chapters on the fictions of boxing, football, base

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Details

• NCID: BA10290782
• ISBN:
  • 0231070942
• LCCN: 89029640
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 473 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS374.S76
  • DC20 : 813/.0109355
  • NDC8 : 933.04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sports stories, American -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Play in literature