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In this fresh linkage between two forms of powerful play, Samuel Crowl interweaves an exploration of Shakespeare and baseball with his own experience as a Shakespeare professor for almost fifty years and his even longer experience as a fan of the Detroit Tigers.
List of contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: The 1940s and the 1950s
Shakespeare and Baseball I
Shakespeare and Baseball II
Part 2: The 1960s
Shakespeare and Baseball III
The 1968 World Series
Part 3: The 1970s
Shakespeare and Baseball IV
Part 4: The 1980s
The Perfect Game
Shakespeare and Baseball V
The 1984 World Series
Shakespeare and Baseball VI
Tiger Letter #1
Part 5: The 1990s
Shakespeare and Baseball VII
Tiger Letter #2
Shakespeare and Baseball VIII
Tiger Letter #3
Part 6: The 2000s
Shakespeare and Baseball IX
The 2006 Playoffs and World Series
Tiger Letter #4
Tiger Letter #5
Part 7: The 2010s
Tiger Letter #6
The 2012 Playoffs and World Series
Shakespeare and Baseball X
Tiger Letter #7
Shakespeare and Baseball XI
Notes
About the author
Samuel Crowl is trustee professor of English emeritus at Ohio University. During his long and diverse career, he received several honors for distinguished teaching, published six books on Shakespeare in performance on stage and screen, served for a decade as dean of University College, and was awarded an honorary degree at the university's two hundredth commencement in 2015. He still serves as a founding fellow of the Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities.
