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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
©2003.
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Sports/Martial Arts copy is part of the Robert W. Smith Collection. |
| Physical Description: | xxii, 221 pages : music ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0809325306 9780809325306 0809325314 9780809325313 |