Da: Blindpig Books, Salt lake city, UT, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: Good. Some light wear. In a Good jacket. Very readable copy.
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
EUR 26,20
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: New. Explores how cricket has been portrayed in fiction from the 19th century to the 21st, examining shifts in the treatment of national, post-colonial and global themes.Following a short introduction, the book is arranged in seven chapters, each dealing with a specific genre and its main themes. The opening chapter considers how the village cricket story laid down the main tropes of cricket and fiction and established a defining relation between cricket, England's green and pleasant land and national identity, especially in times of war and its aftermath. The second chapter develops the cricket, war and nation theme in the public school cricket novel, especially in the period of the South African (Boer) and First World Wars when cricket and war were frequently dramatised in similar terms. It also discusses the recurring treatment of homosexuality in the public school cricket novel and how the language of cricket was used to write about same-sex attraction. The next chapter breaks new ground in discussing how cricket has featured in murder mysteries. It demonstrates how well suited to each other the sport and the genre are - cricket providing a kind of open-air closed-room setting for a murder narrative - and explores the formal similarities between the shape and structure of a game of cricket and the procedures of the novel.The following two chapters explore how amenable cricket fiction has proved as a medium for both comedy and tragedy. It discusses the inherent comic potential of cricket for fiction, the mishap and slapstick of a sport in which the box was introduced a century before the helmet. Cricket also has a long association with suicide as many observers of the game have noted. Fictional treatment of this tragic theme has focused on how a sport which is so time-consuming, both in the duration of a game and the extended career of those who play it, has made retirement difficult to manage and sometimes led to suicide.As the English cricket story declined into insularity and nostalgia, and cricket ceased to be a subject for serious literary fiction, the post-colonial cricket novel emerged. The penultimate chapter considers how contemporary post-colonial novelists have revived and expanded the fictional possibilities of cricket by extending its global range and replenishing its traditional narratives to include previously unspoken issues of migration and race, thereby creating new kinds of stories. The concluding chapter looks at several apocalyptic end-of-the-world cricket stories and develops into a discussion of how cricket is both contributing to and threatened by global heating, raising the question of its sustainability as a sport and as a subject for fiction.
EUR 23,87
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New.
Editore: 20th Century Fox, 1962
Da: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
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No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. 53-157. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 11" X 14". Photographic Image.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
EUR 25,16
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Cricket, Fiction and Nation. Book.
EUR 25,27
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Aggiungi al carrelloPAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Thorpe & Porter Ltd. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, Leicester, 1950
Da: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 7,08
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloMass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good. Jones, Robert Gibson; Ruth, Rod; Summers, Leo Ramon; Krupa, Julian S.; Swiatek, Edmond (illustratore). First Edition. UK edition. A reduced version of the March 1950 US edition with 164 pages rather than 196. It excludes some stories that were in the US edition and also loses some of the features. Contains 'The Ultimate Peril' by Abernathy, 'The Man from Arbutus' by Hickey, 'Sun-Stuff' by Stanton, 'All Else is Dust' by Jarvis (Bloch), 'For Each Man Kills' by Temple, 'Space-Jaloppies' by Karney, 'Malignant Mentor' by Phelps, 'Refuge' by Miller, 'Sword of Peace' by Moore, 'Two Against Venus' by Browning (Phillips) and very short essays by Wainwright, Barry, Burt, Kedzie and Sinclair. The front cover has a few small edge tears and some chipping and creasing. The back cover has a ragged two inch tear with a little loss to the bottom right corner. There is a quarter inch piece missing at the base of the spine which also has a some chipping and tearing along the edges and a small chip at the top. Pages browned with creases to the bottom corners of a numbet of pages. Cover illustration by Robert Gibson Jones and interior illustrations by Ruth, Summers, Krupa and Swiatek.
Paperback. Condizione: New. Explores how cricket has been portrayed in fiction from the 19th century to the 21st, examining shifts in the treatment of national, post-colonial and global themes.Following a short introduction, the book is arranged in seven chapters, each dealing with a specific genre and its main themes. The opening chapter considers how the village cricket story laid down the main tropes of cricket and fiction and established a defining relation between cricket, England's green and pleasant land and national identity, especially in times of war and its aftermath. The second chapter develops the cricket, war and nation theme in the public school cricket novel, especially in the period of the South African (Boer) and First World Wars when cricket and war were frequently dramatised in similar terms. It also discusses the recurring treatment of homosexuality in the public school cricket novel and how the language of cricket was used to write about same-sex attraction. The next chapter breaks new ground in discussing how cricket has featured in murder mysteries. It demonstrates how well suited to each other the sport and the genre are - cricket providing a kind of open-air closed-room setting for a murder narrative - and explores the formal similarities between the shape and structure of a game of cricket and the procedures of the novel.The following two chapters explore how amenable cricket fiction has proved as a medium for both comedy and tragedy. It discusses the inherent comic potential of cricket for fiction, the mishap and slapstick of a sport in which the box was introduced a century before the helmet. Cricket also has a long association with suicide as many observers of the game have noted. Fictional treatment of this tragic theme has focused on how a sport which is so time-consuming, both in the duration of a game and the extended career of those who play it, has made retirement difficult to manage and sometimes led to suicide.As the English cricket story declined into insularity and nostalgia, and cricket ceased to be a subject for serious literary fiction, the post-colonial cricket novel emerged. The penultimate chapter considers how contemporary post-colonial novelists have revived and expanded the fictional possibilities of cricket by extending its global range and replenishing its traditional narratives to include previously unspoken issues of migration and race, thereby creating new kinds of stories. The concluding chapter looks at several apocalyptic end-of-the-world cricket stories and develops into a discussion of how cricket is both contributing to and threatened by global heating, raising the question of its sustainability as a sport and as a subject for fiction.
EUR 35,50
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: new.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 0521865840 ISBN 13: 9780521865845
Da: Michener & Rutledge Booksellers, Inc., Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Text clean and solid; Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories; 1.02 x 8.98 x 5.91 Inches; 266 pages.
EUR 24,75
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EUR 36,10
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EUR 32,27
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.45x6.42x0.87 inches. In Stock.
Editore: Bridget Williams Books 2013, 2013
Da: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nuova Zelanda
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
EUR 11,64
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Aggiungi al carrelloSuper octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
EUR 26,83
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0521865840 ISBN 13: 9780521865845
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
EUR 29,42
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2007
ISBN 10: 0521865840 ISBN 13: 9780521865845
Da: Book Dispensary, Concord, ON, Canada
EUR 39,91
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. AS NEW hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text, inscribed by AUTHOR on title page; exterior bright and clean. Book.
EUR 29,99
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Aggiungi al carrellopaperback. Condizione: New.
EUR 37,53
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. 2025. paperback. . . . . .
EUR 37,53
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Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Brand New. 180 pages. 9.02x6.00x9.00 inches. In Stock.
Editore: 20th Century Fox, 1962
Da: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. A VG or better 9" x 12" program book. 44 pages. Book.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997
ISBN 10: 0521550548 ISBN 13: 9780521550543
Da: The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 41,31
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. An excellent and necessary analysis of the exploitation of the region. Bound in black with gilt lettering to spine. Book in excellent condition. Dust jacket bears light wear to upper edge.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0521123127 ISBN 13: 9780521123129
Da: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
EUR 51,44
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New.
Condizione: New. pp. ix + 262.
Editore: Bridget Williams Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1927131464 ISBN 13: 9781927131466
Da: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nuova Zelanda
Copia autografata
EUR 15,26
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Good. Signed by author.
Condizione: New. 2025. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.