Anti-sport sentiments in literature : batting for the opposition
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Anti-sport sentiments in literature : batting for the opposition
Routledge, 2010, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-196) and index
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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.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson 3. Charles Hamilton Sorley 4. Jerome K. Jerome 5. John Betjeman 6. Alan Sillitoe 7. Philip Roth 8. Concluding Comments
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