Perfect in their art : poems on boxing from Homer to Ali /

Since Homer, boxing has been fertile ground for poets. The boxer-as-tragic-hero archetype seems to have particular power in the poems collected here; fatallyy flawed champs like Jack Johnson and Sonny Liston are poetic subjects at least as often as Joe Louis and Ali.

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Other Authors: Hedin, Robert, 1949-, Waters, Michael, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2003.
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