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Baseball/Literature/Culture

By Kates, Ronald E.

Baseball/Literature/Culture Social Sciences

Baseball/Literature/Culture

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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 2006 and 2007 conferences are published in this work. Topics covered include early baseball journalism; sportswriting as mythology; the Henry Wiggen baseball novels; fictionalized baseball broadcasts; racism, religious fundamentalism, patriotism and Marxism; Philip Roth's The Great American Novel; Zane Grey; masculinity in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out; Willie Mays; Northern Exposure; Salvadore Dali and surrealism; baseball's economic trendsetters; Pete Rose; baseball literature in the classroom; and Jim Bunning's perfect game, among others.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
212
Release Date:
2008-02-26
Publication Date:
2008-02-26
Publisher:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0786436808
ISBN13:
9780786436804
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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