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The most significant and comprehensive book to date about play, game, and sport in American literature and culture. Solidly grounded in intellectual and social histor, this book analyzes the play spirit while discussing the background and 20th century manifestations of these types: the popular sports hero, the school sports hero, and the modern ritual sports hero. CHOICE This is a solid book, well conceived, well executed, and a contribution of more than passing value to the field of cultural and literary history. American Literature

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Preface Introduction Play, Game, Sport Models of Sports Heroism Part I: Play, Game, Sport: Classic American Literature 1. Hawthorne: The Play Spirit 2. Sport and Society Part II: The Popular Sports Hero 3. Sport and the Frontier 4. Organized Sport and Its Reporters 5. Lardner: The Popular Sports Hero Part III: The School Sports Hero 6. The Incarnation of the College Athletic Hero 7. The Boys' School Sports Story 8. Fitzgerald: The School Sports Hero 9. The School Sports Hero as Satiric Emblem: Hemingway and Faulkner Part IV: The Modern Ritual Sports Hero 10. Hemingway: Exemplary Heroism and Heroic Witnessing 11. Faulkner: The Play Spirit 12. Sports Approaches the Sacred: Hemingway and Faulkner Conclusion Notes Index

Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/31/1983 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780231051699, 978-0231051699
      ISBN10: 0231051697

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      The most significant and comprehensive book to date about play, game, and sport in American literature and culture. Solidly grounded in intellectual and social histor, this book analyzes the play spirit while discussing the background and 20th century manifestations of these types: the popular sports hero, the school sports hero, and the modern ritual sports hero. CHOICE This is a solid book, well conceived, well executed, and a contribution of more than passing value to the field of cultural and literary history. American Literature

      Table of Contents
      Preface Introduction Play, Game, Sport Models of Sports Heroism Part I: Play, Game, Sport: Classic American Literature 1. Hawthorne: The Play Spirit 2. Sport and Society Part II: The Popular Sports Hero 3. Sport and the Frontier 4. Organized Sport and Its Reporters 5. Lardner: The Popular Sports Hero Part III: The School Sports Hero 6. The Incarnation of the College Athletic Hero 7. The Boys' School Sports Story 8. Fitzgerald: The School Sports Hero 9. The School Sports Hero as Satiric Emblem: Hemingway and Faulkner Part IV: The Modern Ritual Sports Hero 10. Hemingway: Exemplary Heroism and Heroic Witnessing 11. Faulkner: The Play Spirit 12. Sports Approaches the Sacred: Hemingway and Faulkner Conclusion Notes Index

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