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Hockey on the Moon : Imagination and Canada's Game.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dopp, Jamie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canadian literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Canadian literature.
- Canadian literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- Hockey in literature.
- Hockey stories, Canadian--History and criticism.
- Hockey stories, Canadian.
- Imagination in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (331 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athabasca : Athabasca University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Fantasy and reality come together in sports and Jamie Dopp argues that nowhere is this blurring of the borders of reality more evident than in Canadian hockey. Using imagination as a unifying theme, Dopp offers in-depth analyses of key texts of hockey literature, with a focus on how these texts reveal the imaginative possibilities of the game.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Stompin' Tom Versus Big Al: Two Imaginative Versions of the Game
- 2. The Fighting Soul of Hockey in Ralph Connor's Glengarry School Days
- 3. Hugh MacLennan and the Two Solitudes of Hockey
- 4. Boys on the Defensive: The Hockey Myth in Scott Young
- 5. Belief and Doubt in Roch Carrier's "The Hockey Sweater
- 6. Haunted by Bill Spunska: Roy MacGregor's The Last Season
- 7. Blarney's Version: The Comic Spirit of Hockey in Paul Quarrington's King Leary
- 8. Hockey as a Gateway to the Underworld in Wayne Johnston's The Divine Ryans
- 9. Playing with the Hero in Richard Harrison's Hero of the Play
- 10. Hockey, Zen, and the Art of Bill Gaston's The Good Body
- 11. Cara Hedley's Twenty Miles and the Challenge of the Hockey Barbie
- 12. The Faustian Bargain of the Athlete-Hero in Randall Maggs's Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems
- 13. Richard Wagamese's Indian Horse: Reimagining the Home Game
- Conclusion: Return to the Moon
- Publication Credits
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dopp, Jamie Hockey on the Moon
- ISBN:
- 9781771994149
- OCLC:
- 1474239222
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