Upon Further Review — Sports in American Literature

Nineteen American academics and independent scholars contribute 18 essays addressing the treatment of sports in literature over the past 80 years, from a variety of perspectives. Coverage includes the significance of sports for both the individual and American society; the connections between sports literature and cultural and philosophical values; the problematic links between race, social class, and sports in American society; sports poetry, fiction, and memoir by women; changes in women's sports literature over the last century; ways that literature may depict sports as a challenge to accepted notions of femininity and masculinity; and the intersection of sports, language, and aesthetics. Discussion includes works by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arna Bontemp, Philip Roth, Mark Winegardner, David Foster Wallace, Paul Beatty, Harry Crew, and James Dickey. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

MICHAEL COCCHIARALE is Assistant Professor of English at Widener University, where he teaches American Literature, creative writing, and composition courses.

SCOTT D. EMMERT is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin—Fox Valley. He has published numerous articles in various scholarly journals.