This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto exclud

This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto exclud

Sport studies and sports history have witnessed a recent substantial increase in publications. However, the relationship between literature and sport has been l

Emerging from the ‘history from below’ movement, sport history was marginalised for decades by those working within more traditional historical fields (and

This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are play