| Baseball/Literature/Culture: Essays, 2008-2009 2008-2009 Edition Contributor(s): Kates, Ronald E. (Editor), Tormey, Warren (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786436816 ISBN-13: 9780786436811 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - Essays & Writings - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 2009051821 |
| Series: Baseball in Literature and American Culture Conference |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 243 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 2008 and 2009 conferences are published in the present work. Topics covered include religion; class and racial dichotomies in the literature of cricket and baseball; re-reading The Natural in the 21st century; the feminist movement; Don DeLillo's Game 6; baseball in Seinfeld; Robert B. Parker; Harry Stein's Hoopla; Negro league owner Tom Wilson's impact on Nashville; Major League Baseball's postwar boom; and overwrought baseball editorials, among others. |