Play Up and Play the Game - The Heroes of Popular Fiction

Play Up and Play the Game (1973) examines the type of fictional hero most embodied in the work and character, poetry and philosophy of Sir Henry Newbolt. 'Newbolt Man', imbued with the spirit of fairplay, loyalty, fearlessness, conformity (while remaining slightly philistine and sexless), can be traced in the work of Rider Haggard, Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Anthony Hope and P.C. Wren. The book traces his development from the Victorian schoolboy (Tom Brown's School Days and Kipling) to the twentieth-century secret agent (Buchan's Richard Hannay), and on to his demise in Sheriff's Journey's End and Aldington's Death of a Hero.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - The Nature of Newbolt Man.  1. Christian Socialism and Muscular Christianity  2. Penny Dreadfuls and the Ballantyne Boy  3. Schoolboy Story Heroes  4. Boy Heroes and Imperial History  5. Newbolt Man and the Historical Novels of Adventure  6. White Man's Burden  7. Detectives, Secret Agents and Demobilized Officers  8. The Aftermath of War  9. Newbolt Man: Reality and Summary

Zusammenfassung

Play Up and Play the Game (1973) examines the type of fictional hero imbued with the spirit of fairplay, loyalty, fearlessness, conformity (while remaining slightly philistine and sexless), tracing his development from the Victorian schoolboy (Tom Brown’s School Days) to the twentieth-century secret agent (Buchan).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Patrick Howarth, Howarth Patrick
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032498973
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249897-3
• Seiten: 194
• Serie: Routledge Revivals
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Children's & teenage literature studies, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general