Football in Fiction: A History

ISBN-13: 9780367361327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 174 str.

Lee McGowan

Opis

Football in Fiction represents the most comprehensive historical mapping and analysis of novels related to association football (soccer). It offers a theoretically informed field guide, a scholarly cartography of football fiction’s uncertain, and until now, only partially explored terrain.

Recenzje

"a pioneering work that should be considered an initial step in the exploration of a relatively unknown landscape for the sports historian." – Daniel Alsarve, Örebro University, idrottsforum.org

Spis treści

Introduction: A long ball game,  1. Before Fever Pitch: A true history of football fiction,  2. Current form: The contemporary landscape of football fiction,  3. Line-Markings: The topography of football fiction,  4. ‘Rules for the simplest game’: Conventions of the football fiction genre,  5. Two halves: Differentiation between adult and young adult football fiction,  "Play the whistle!": A conclusion of sorts,  Appendix: They think it’s all oeuvre… A catalogue of football fiction