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Cricket, Literature and Culture: Symbolising the Nation, Destabilising Empire Bateman, Anthony (De Montfort University, UK) New edition
Cricket, Literature and Culture: Symbolising the Nation, Destabilising Empire
Bateman, Anthony (De Montfort University, UK)
A contribution to the field of sports literature. It traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and Anglo-British national identity from 1850 to the mid 1980s. It elaborates the ways in which a long tradition of literary discourse produced cricket's cultural status and meaning.
220 pages, includes 27 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 28, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780754665373 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 166 × 240 × 21 mm · 608 g |
| Language | English |