Anti-Sport Sentiments in Literature
Subtitle: Batting for the Opposition
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780415422659
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; General; 19th century; 20th century; English literature; History and criticism; Sports in literature
Description: "This book seeks to take a critical view of sport from the perspective of the humanities, drawing on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets. The principal aim is to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto excluded voices from the world of literature. The book commences with a review of existing pro- and anti-sport discourses and then proceeds to examine, in turn, the written works of six eminent authors, excavating from their writings their anti-sport rhetorics. In its conclusion, the book draws together the broad themes discussed in the preceding chapters."--BOOK JACKET.