| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Game Plan; 2. Apollo; 3. Dionysus; 4. Adonis; 5. The Wrap-up; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
To examine the social and cultural significance of the athlete hero in American literature, Robert J. Higgs turns to the works of Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Higgs views the athlete in literature not as an artistic creation but as one who reflects the tastes, attainments, beliefs, and ideals of his society. The athletes he describes as Apollonian are the know-it-alls, of whom Lardner's Busher Keefe is an example; the Dyonisian, as exemplified by Irwin Shaw's Christian Darling, wor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Athletes in literature.
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Athletes in literature. |
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Sports stories -- History and criticism.
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Sports stories. |
| Genre/Form |
Sports stories.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Laurel and Thorn |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Higgs, Robert J. Laurel and Thorn : The Athlete in American Literature. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813152486 |
| ISBN |
9780813162997 electronic book |
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0813162998 electronic book |
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0813152488 |
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9780813152486 |
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