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Baseball/Literature/Culture

By Peter Carino

Baseball/Literature/Culture General education

Baseball/Literature/Culture

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The Indiana State University Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. This work is comprised of 18 essays from the ISU conferences of 1995 through 2001. "I Just Hit .300-Time to Renegotiate My Contract" explores how major American writers such as Hemingway, Faulkner, and Ellison have challenged the pastoral idea of baseball envisioned by Whitman. "The Durable Relic" argues that Donald Hall, one of the foremost poets of today, uses baseball in much the same way that William Butler Yeats used Irish mythology to create "frozen moments, unchanging and durable; ageless heroes, Oisin on the Island of Eternal Youth and Ruth pointing to centerfield." "Baseball, the Market and the Public" analyzes the tension between the game as a business and the game as public trust, tracking the game to its present state of overpaid players and greedy owners. "The Story of Toni Stone" considers race and gender in both the game and culture by looking at one of the most remarkable but least known women in the sport, the only one to play in the Negro Leagues. These are just four of the essays, which cover a wide variety of topics.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
212
Release Date:
2003-09-01
Publication Date:
2003-09-04
Publisher:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0786416432
ISBN13:
9780786416431
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
352 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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