Running in Literature

Running in Literature
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ISBN-13 : 9781891369414
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Book Synopsis Running in Literature by : Roger Robinson

Download or read book Running in Literature written by Roger Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running in Literature is the first history of running as a literary subject, and in the hands of Roger Robinson, it's informative, original, and wonderfully entertaining. Running is an important element in some of the world's great books, from the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer to the novels of Thomas Hardy and James Joyce. Famous poems about running and runners extend from Pindar and Ovid, Walt Whitman, Rudyard Kipling, and A. E. Housman, to contemporary American writers. Their story is told with the knowledge and insights of a world-class literary critic and world-class runner. Book jacket.


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