Laurel and Thorn - The Athlete in American Literature (Paperback)

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, worships his body as an end in itself. The Adonic seeks knowledge for the sake of self-realization and lives in a world of tension, pain, struggle, and hope. Such a figure is Wolfe's Nebraska Crane. Higgs finds in contemporary American literature a clear rejection of the Apollonian and Dyonisian models and an acceptance of the Adonic.

General

Imprint:	The University Press of Kentucky
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2014
First published:	July 2014
Authors:	Robert J Higgs
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8131-5248-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-8131-5248-8
Barcode:	9780813152486

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