| Baseball/Literature/Culture: Essays, 2006-2007 2006-2007 Edition Contributor(s): Kates, Ronald E. (Editor), Tormey, Warren (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786436808 ISBN-13: 9780786436804 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - Essays & Writings |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 2008004084 |
| Series: Baseball in Literature and American Culture Conference |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.08" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. Essays presented at the 2006 and 2007 conferences are published in this work. Topics covered include early baseball journalism; sportswriting as mythology; the Henry Wiggen baseball novels; fictionalized baseball broadcasts; racism, religious fundamentalism, patriotism and Marxism; Philip Roth's The Great American Novel; Zane Grey; masculinity in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out; Willie Mays; Northern Exposure; Salvadore Dali and surrealism; baseball's economic trendsetters; Pete Rose; baseball literature in the classroom; and Jim Bunning's perfect game, among others. |