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The Resource American sports fiction, editors, Mike Cocchiarale and Scott Emmert

American sports fiction, editors, Mike Cocchiarale and Scott Emmert

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Summary
This book presents new essays on the significance of sports fiction in American society and culture. Sports fiction in the United States, beginning in the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century, engages a broad spectrum of social and cultural issues. This volume presents an in-depth study of these issues, while providing readers an engaging exploration of the genre
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (271 pages).
Contents
  • American sports fiction : a critical review
  • Susan J. Bandy
  • More than "clever journalists" : the cultural contributions of Noah Brooks, Ring Lardner, and Heywood Broun to American sports fiction
  • Scott D. Peterson
  • After touring, the return to "real life" : Frank Stockton's A bicycle of Cathay
  • Peter Kratzke
  • Fact, fantasy, and fan appreciation in Eric Rolfe Greenberg's The celebrant
  • Eric Sterling
  • Would Karl Marx call for an overthrow of ESPN? Sports as an opiate of the people
  • Greg Ahrenhoerster
  • On American sports fiction
  • Don't apologize : class, masculinity, and the promise of ascent in Fat city and The game
  • Mark Dziak
  • Bambara's "Raymond's run" : Hazel Parker as trackster and trickster
  • Mary Comfort --
  • John L. Parker Jr.'s Once a runner and the Daimonic mindscape of sport
  • James Pipkin
  • David Foster Wallace and the athlete's war with the self
  • Matthew J. Darling
  • "Somewhere in this favored land" : muscle and magic in the sports fictions of Michael Chabon
  • Joseph Dewey
  • Michael Cocchiarale and Scott D. Emmert
  • Logos, nostos, eros, thanatos : Don DeLillo's "Pafko at the wall" and End zone from a narratological perspective
  • Mark S. Graybill
  • The history and cultural influence of sports fiction in America
  • Tracy J.R. Collins
  • On a higher level : transcendence and purity in the literature of sports
  • Matthew J. Bartkowiak
Isbn
9781429838405
Instance
Label
American sports fiction
Title
American sports fiction
Statement of responsibility
editors, Mike Cocchiarale and Scott Emmert
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This book presents new essays on the significance of sports fiction in American society and culture. Sports fiction in the United States, beginning in the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century, engages a broad spectrum of social and cultural issues. This volume presents an in-depth study of these issues, while providing readers an engaging exploration of the genre
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Cataloging source
YDXCP
Dewey number
813.009/3579
Index
index present
LC call number
PS374.S76
LC item number
A44 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1966-
  • 1962-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Cocchiarale, Michael
  • Emmert, Scott
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Critical insights
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  • American fiction
  • Sports in literature
  • Sports stories, American
  • Athletics in literature
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • American fiction
  • Athletics in literature
  • Sports in literature
  • Sports stories, American
Label
American sports fiction, editors, Mike Cocchiarale and Scott Emmert
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • American sports fiction : a critical review
  • Susan J. Bandy
  • More than "clever journalists" : the cultural contributions of Noah Brooks, Ring Lardner, and Heywood Broun to American sports fiction
  • Scott D. Peterson
  • After touring, the return to "real life" : Frank Stockton's A bicycle of Cathay
  • Peter Kratzke
  • Fact, fantasy, and fan appreciation in Eric Rolfe Greenberg's The celebrant
  • Eric Sterling
  • Would Karl Marx call for an overthrow of ESPN? Sports as an opiate of the people
  • Greg Ahrenhoerster
  • On American sports fiction
  • Don't apologize : class, masculinity, and the promise of ascent in Fat city and The game
  • Mark Dziak
  • Bambara's "Raymond's run" : Hazel Parker as trackster and trickster
  • Mary Comfort --
  • John L. Parker Jr.'s Once a runner and the Daimonic mindscape of sport
  • James Pipkin
  • David Foster Wallace and the athlete's war with the self
  • Matthew J. Darling
  • "Somewhere in this favored land" : muscle and magic in the sports fictions of Michael Chabon
  • Joseph Dewey
  • Michael Cocchiarale and Scott D. Emmert
  • Logos, nostos, eros, thanatos : Don DeLillo's "Pafko at the wall" and End zone from a narratological perspective
  • Mark S. Graybill
  • The history and cultural influence of sports fiction in America
  • Tracy J.R. Collins
  • On a higher level : transcendence and purity in the literature of sports
  • Matthew J. Bartkowiak
Control code
832313978
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (271 pages).
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781429838405
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)832313978
Label
American sports fiction, editors, Mike Cocchiarale and Scott Emmert
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • American sports fiction : a critical review
  • Susan J. Bandy
  • More than "clever journalists" : the cultural contributions of Noah Brooks, Ring Lardner, and Heywood Broun to American sports fiction
  • Scott D. Peterson
  • After touring, the return to "real life" : Frank Stockton's A bicycle of Cathay
  • Peter Kratzke
  • Fact, fantasy, and fan appreciation in Eric Rolfe Greenberg's The celebrant
  • Eric Sterling
  • Would Karl Marx call for an overthrow of ESPN? Sports as an opiate of the people
  • Greg Ahrenhoerster
  • On American sports fiction
  • Don't apologize : class, masculinity, and the promise of ascent in Fat city and The game
  • Mark Dziak
  • Bambara's "Raymond's run" : Hazel Parker as trackster and trickster
  • Mary Comfort --
  • John L. Parker Jr.'s Once a runner and the Daimonic mindscape of sport
  • James Pipkin
  • David Foster Wallace and the athlete's war with the self
  • Matthew J. Darling
  • "Somewhere in this favored land" : muscle and magic in the sports fictions of Michael Chabon
  • Joseph Dewey
  • Michael Cocchiarale and Scott D. Emmert
  • Logos, nostos, eros, thanatos : Don DeLillo's "Pafko at the wall" and End zone from a narratological perspective
  • Mark S. Graybill
  • The history and cultural influence of sports fiction in America
  • Tracy J.R. Collins
  • On a higher level : transcendence and purity in the literature of sports
  • Matthew J. Bartkowiak
Control code
832313978
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (271 pages).
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781429838405
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)832313978

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