Sharon Harrow

Gebundenes Buch

British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century

Beschreibung

Examining the underexplored intersection of sport, literature, and culture, this collection situates sport within multiple contexts, including religion, labor, leisure time, politics, nationalism, gender, play, and science. A poetics, literature, and culture of sport swelled during the era, influencing artists such as John Collett and writers including Lord Byron, Jonathan Swift, and Henry Fielding. Taken together, the essays offer valuable multiple perspectives on reading sport during the century when sport became modern.

Autor

Sharon Harrow is Professor of English at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9781472465085
• ISBN-10: 1472465083
• Artikelnr.: 47712941