A Member of the Local Nine: Baseball and Identity in the Fiction of W. P. Kinsella

Steele, William

ISBN 10: 0786463171 / ISBN 13: 9780786463176

Published by McFarland & Co Inc Pub, 2011

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217 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-0786463171

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Member of the Local Nine: Baseball and Identity in the Fiction of W. P. Kinsella
• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc Pub
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786463171
• ISBN 13: 9780786463176
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.32 kilograms

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Synopsis

The first in-depth study of Kinsella's fiction since 1987, this book offers a unique and updated analysis. Utilizing a variety of approaches and the hermeneutical lenses of race, gender, class, religion, sexuality and post colonialism, this comprehensive text covers the five novels and numerous short stories featuring baseball. Topics include a broad history of both juvenile and adult baseball fiction, an overview of how the genre has grown since the early 1950s, and the various forms of national, community and individual identity that have formed around the sport. The bibliography offers a balance of primary baseball fiction and secondary scholarship, demonstrating the numerous approaches to the game and its literature.

About the Author

William Steele is a former associate professor of English at Cascade College in Portland, Oregon and former associate professor of English at Oklahoma Christian University. He lives in Tennessee.