Baseballliteratureculture Essays 2006-2007

The Conference On Baseball In Literature And American Culture Has Consistently Produced A Strong Body Of Scholarship Since Its Inception In 1995. Essays Presented At The 2006 And 2007 Conferences Are Published In This Work. Topics Covered Include Early Baseball Journalism; Sportswriting As Mythology; The Henry Wiggen Baseball Novels; Fictionalized Baseball Broadcasts; Racism, Religious Fundamentalism, Patriotism And Marxism; Philip Roths The Great American Novel; Zane Grey; Masculinity In Richard Greenbergs Take Me Out; Willie Mays; Northern Exposure; Salvadore Dali And Surrealism; Baseballs Economic Trendsetters; Pete Rose; Baseball Literature In The Classroom; And Jim Bunnings Perfect Game, Among Others.