Sporting Literature
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Sport has always played a large part in British social life. In this selection, ranging from John Donne to John Arlott, Vernon Scannell, himself a former boxer and lifelong devotee of sports, has mostly chosen British writers who describe sports that a contemporary British public will appreciate.
Author: Vernon Scannell
Format: Hardback, 370 pages
Published: 1987, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sport has always played a large part in British social life. In this selection, ranging from John Donne to John Arlott, Vernon Scannell, himself a former boxer and lifelong devotee of sports, has mostly chosen British writers who describe sports that a contemporary British public will appreciate.