The Sports Immortals

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The Sports Immortals

The Sports Immortals
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 0879726709
ISBN-13 : 9780879726706
Rating : 4/5 (706 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Sports Immortals by : Peter Williams

Download or read book The Sports Immortals written by Peter Williams and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the psychology of hero-worship in sports, covering the period from the late 19th century to the present. Offers an overview of the classic theorists, and demonstrates how the public creates heroes and villains in the same way the Greeks created archetypal deities. Topics include the archetypes of human myth, localized sports archetypes, origins of the baseball myth, the archetypes of baseball, and the sports press. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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