Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-196) and index.
Sport and literature -- Charles Dodgson/Lewis Carroll -- Charles Hamilton Sorely -- Jerome K. Jerome -- John Betjeman -- Alan Sillitoe -- Philip Roth -- Fiction, facts, binaries and places.
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"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.
Roth, Philip.
English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
English literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Sports in literature.
Engelsk litteratur-- historia-- 1800-talet-- 1900-talet.