Baseball/literature/culture : essays, 2006-2007 / edited by Ronald E. Kates and Warren Tormey.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kates, Ronald E.

Tormey, Warren.

Conference Name:

Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture (2006)

Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture (2007)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Baseball in literature.

Baseball stories, American--History and criticism.

Baseball stories, American.

Baseball--United States.

Baseball.

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 202 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]

Summary:

"The Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. Essays presented at the 2006 and 2007 conferences are published in this work"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: A Pitch for Scholarly Diversity / Ronald E. Kates, Warren Tormey 1

Of Ourselves We Sing: Finding an American Voice through Early Baseball Journalism / Scott D. Peterson 11

Lasting Value to Passing Things: Sportswriters and Sports Fictionists as Scribes and Mythographers / Nicholas X. Bush 22

Author Wiggen: More Than Just a Name / Warren Tormey 32

Only the Game Was Real: The Aesthetics and Significance of Re-created Baseball Broadcasting / Robert G. Barrier 40

Clearing the Field of Play: Judges, Umpires, and the Settlement of Law in Cooperstown / Steve Andrews 47

As American as Mom's Apple Pie: Racism, Religious Fundamentalism, and Patriotism-A Marxist Critique of The Dixie Association / Tom Wells 60

You Are Either with Us or the Patriot League: Philip Roth and The Great American Novel in the Age of Terror / Ron Briley 67

American Myth: Zane Grey's Baseball and Manhood / Aaron W. Miller 79

Language and the Construction of Masculinity in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out / Peter Carino 84

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Willie Mays: The Production of Presence in Paul Metcalf's "Willie's Throw" / Trey Strecker 93

Deconstruction at Bat: Baseball vs. Critical Theory in Northern Exposure's "The Graduate" / David Lavery 98

Salvador Dali and the Surrealism of Baseball / Andrew Hazucha 105

From Spalding through Beane: A Study of Economic Trendsetters in Baseball / Monique Moyal 114

Collecting, Investing and Searching for Perfection / Ron B. Rembert 122

Doctor Smoke: Joe Wood, Yale University, and the 1926 Baseball Controversy / Gerald C. Wood 130

Jacques Derrida Was a Cubs Fan: Critical Theorists and Their Baseball Teams / Shawn O'Hare 139

A Rose by Any Other Name: One Fan's Big-Picture Argument for Electing Pete Rose to the Hall of Fame / Sarah D. Bunting 145

Before the Boss: Mike Burke and the CBS Yankees / Thomas D. Veve 150

Student Responses to Baeball Literature: Reflections on Course Evaluations and Teaching Experience / Gary Land, Gary Gray 160

Old Blue: A Memoir / James Grove 171

Jim Bunning's Perfect Game: At the Intersection of Baseball, History and Self / Carl Schinasi 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786436804

0786436808

OCLC:

190850824