Masters of the Games
Essays and Stories on Sport
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2015
320 pages
978-1-4422-3654-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this collection, his twenty-fifth book, Joseph Epstein departs from writing about literature and culture to indulge his fondness for the world of sport in all its forms. In these essays and stories on such subjects as saving Joe DiMaggio's reputation from the clutches of an iconoclastic biographer, marveling at the skills of Michael Jordan, shaking free of an addiction to radio sports talk shows, or contemplating the changing nature of the games he grew up with and played as a boy, Epstein turns writing about sports into an art at once penetrating and highly amusing.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-3654-7 (9781442236547)
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01/2015
Rowman & Littlefield
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Person
Joseph Epstein is the former editor of The American Scholar. For thirty years he taught English at Northwestern University. His essays, short stories, and reviews have appeared in many magazines, both in America and abroad, among them The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Commentary, and the LondonTimes Literary Supplement. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- ESSAYS
- A BOY'S FAVORITE AUTHOR
- THIS SPORTING LIFE
- CONFESSIONS OF A LOW ROLLER
- BALLS-UP
- EP, THE BULLS ARE SIX-POINT DOGS
- THE THRILL OF DEFEAT
- OPEN ANOTHER CAN OF QUARTERBACK
- THE OLD BALL GAME
- WRIGLEY FIELD
- RED SMITH
- JOCKS
- JOE DIMAGGIO
- MICHAEL JORDAN
- HANK GREENBERG
- BOB LOVE
- STORIES
- THE GOLDIN BOYS
- DANNY MONTOYA
- OUT OF ACTION
- SHORT TAKES
- HATS OFF
- A SARTORIAL DOUBLE FAULT
- THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS
- BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE
- A SUPER (YAWN) SUNDAY
- A SECRET VICE
- SPORT MAGAZINE
- THE AGONY OF DA FEET
- OPINIONATIONS
- THE SPORTS LENINIST
- AREN'T WE GRAND?
- BORED WITH BASEBALL?
- MARCH SANITY
- THE JOY OF NOT BEING THERE
- LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE
- DON'T HIDE YOUR EYES, UNIONIZE
- SUMMING UP
- TRIVIAL PURSUITS
- STILL HOOKED
