Title
Sport and the Spirit of Play in Contemporary American Fiction
Document Type
Book
Annotation
Frequent but cursory references to Hemingway’s works, including The Sun Also Rises, The Old Man and the Sea, and “The Battler,” and influence on other writers such as Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow. Briefly categorizes Pedro Romero and Santiago as ritualized sports heroes, anachronistic figures who “oppose trends of collective modern society.” Relevant pages: 2, 22, 30, 35, 38, 44-45, 58, 61.
Date
1990
COinS
Citation
Messenger, Christian K. Sport and the Spirit of Play in Contemporary American Fiction. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.