TY  - BOOK
AU  - Higgs,Robert J.
TI  - Laurel & Thorn: the Athlete in American Literature
SN  - 9780813162997
AV  - PS228 .L387 1981
PY  - 1981///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - American literature
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Athletes in literature
KW  - Sports stories
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Game Plan; 2. Apollo; 3. Dionysus; 4. Adonis; 5. The Wrap-up; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; 2; b
N2  - To examine the social and cultural significance of the athlete hero in American literature, Robert J. Higgs turns to the works of Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams. Higgs views the athlete in literature not as an artistic creation but as one who reflects the tastes, attainments, beliefs, and ideals of his society. The athletes he describes as Apollonian are the know-it-alls, of whom Lardner's Busher Keefe is an example; the Dyonisian, as exemplified by Irwin Shaw's Christian Darling, wor
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