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Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali (USED)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publication Date
- 11/25/2003
- Country of Origin
- USA, United States
- Net Quantity/Number of Units
- 1
- Dimensions (LxWxH) - Cms
- 5.5X0.63X8.5
- ISBN-10
- 0809325314
- ISBN-13
- 9780809325313
- SKU
- SONG0809325314
- No. of Pages
- 248
- ISBN
- 9780809325313
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali
- Item Height
- 216mm
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Genre
- Sports
- Topic
- Poetry
- Item Width
- 139mm
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Information
Two combatants, one ring, and a battle governed as much by determination and drive as by rules and referees: that s boxing. Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali spans the millennia to present more than one hundred of the finest in pugilism poetry from both oral and written traditions, celebrating the lasting literary, historical, and cultural significance of boxing s storied heritage. Editors Robert Hedin and Michael Waters pulled no punches in assembling the definitive poems and poets of the sport. Works by such classical poets as Homer, Virgil, and Pindar are gathered here side-by-side for the first time with the poems of Lord Byron, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This provocative collection also features more recent literary heavyweights, including Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Levine, Wislawa Szymborska, Ai, Yusef Komunyakaa, James Merrill, and Norman Mailer. Equally impressive is this anthology s rich sampling of boxing music, including ballads, blues, marches, waltzes, and pop lyrics. Irving Berlin, Memphis Minnie, Leadbelly, Paul Simon, Warren Zevon, and Bob Dylan are only a few of the songwriters in this volume compelled to honor the sweet science. Complemented by a foreword from On the Waterfront author Budd Schulberg, Perfect in Their Art offers glimpses into the boxing ring s literal and metaphoric place as a popular stage for brutal but artful combat. Together these poems celebrate the heroes and traditions of this most primal competition across its many eras to provide an accurate, graceful, and spirited evocation of boxing s cultural legacy as both sport and art.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-13
9780809325313
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87125483
Product Key Features
Book Title
Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Poetry
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Sports
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
139mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Michael Waters, Robert Hedin
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- a***i (1397)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAn excellent book lot of valuable information regarding all aspects of sewing. A very rare find as bought from the USA. Which was dispatched and and delivered quickly. Excellent communication throughout the transaction. This book was in very good condition as described and well packaged. Happy to highly recommend this seller with reasonable postage from USA. Many thanks.
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