Women Characters in Baseball Literature - A Critical Study (Paperback)

Since the early 20th century, American writers have both recorded and fictionalized the real-life activities of great athletes, as well as created original characters for sports stories. How have women fared in this literature? "Women Characters in Baseball Literature" is the first comprehensive evaluation of the women characters of baseball literature, including women's crucial roles on and off the field of play. Applying several feminist theories and examining the works in the context of both myth and psychology, the author discusses baseball fiction written by both men and women. Among the topics discussed are the literary implications of motherhood; how patterns of behavior in women characters often recall Greek goddesses; and how women characters and the feminist imagination enrich the literature of this apparently masculinized sport. Authors covered include Bernard Malamud, Mark Harris, August Wilson, Lamar Herrin, Nancy Willard, Silvia Tennenbaum, Karen Joy Fowler, and others.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	May 2005
Authors:	Kathleen Sullivan
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-2170-1
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-7864-2170-3
Barcode:	9780786421701

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