British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century

Download or read book British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century written by Sharon Harrow and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the underexplored intersection of sport, literature, and culture, this collection situates sport within multiple contexts, including religion, labor, leisure time, politics, nationalism, gender, play, and science. A poetics, literature, and culture of sport swelled during the era, influencing artists such as John Collett and writers that included Lord Byron, Jonathan Swift, and Henry Fielding. Taken together, the essays offer valuable, multiple perspectives on reading sport during the century when sport became modern.