Sporting with the Gods: The Rhetoric of Play and Game in American Literature

by Michael Oriard

Book Overview

Sporting with the Gods examines the metaphors of play, game, and sport as they are reflected in American literature and culture. The race for salvation and success, the great games of business and politics, the distinctive American version of fair play, the desperate game against an all-powerful opponent and the cruelties of chance and fate by which man becomes the sport of the gods--all of these metaphors touch fundamental American beliefs about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521101565
• ISBN13: 9780521101561
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"