Sport and the Spirit of Play in Contemporary American Fiction

by Christian K. Messenger

Book Overview

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231070942
• ISBN13: 9780231070942
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 473 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher