Laurel & Thorn: the Athlete in American Literature
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The University Press of Kentucky
1981
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index 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. 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 |
| Physical Description: | 209 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780813162997 0813162998 0813152488 9780813152486 |
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