{"product_id":"baseball-literature-culture-essays-2006-2007-9780786436804","title":"Baseball\/Literature\/Culture: Essays, 2006-2007","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ronald E. Kates | Warren Tormey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - Essays \u0026amp; Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Conference on Baseball in Literature and American 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Topics covered include early baseball journalism; sportswriting as mythology; the Henry Wiggen baseball novels; fictionalized baseball broadcasts; racism, religious fundamentalism, patriotism and Marxism; Philip Roth's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Novel\u003c\/i\u003e; Zane Grey; masculinity in Richard Greenberg's \u003ci\u003eTake Me Out\u003c\/i\u003e; Willie Mays; \u003ci\u003eNorthern Exposure\u003c\/i\u003e; Salvadore Dali and surrealism; baseball's economic trendsetters; Pete Rose; baseball literature in the classroom; and Jim Bunning's perfect game, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611630223511,"sku":"9780786436804","price":4587.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786436804.webp?v=1775071907","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/baseball-literature-culture-essays-2006-2007-9780786436804","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}