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Author:   Lee McGowan ,  Kasey Symons ,  Paddy Hoey ,  Elizabeth Ellison
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783032061423

ISBN 10:   3032061423
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   03 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter One.-Contests and contexts in contemporary literary sports journalism.-Chapter Two.-Literary sports journalism and the world’s most popular game.-Chapter Three.-The Sweet Science of Bruising!’ Pierce Egan, AJ Liebling, Hugh  McIlvanney and the literary sports journalism of boxing.-Chapter Four.- Beyond the Boundary.-Literary cricket journalism and the Postcolonial Narrative.-Chapter Five.-Friday Night Lights and Moneyball: literary sports journalism at a turning point in its history.-Chapter Six.-Tradition and the changing sports landscape.-Chapter Seven.-Innovation in Contemporary practice and new Frontiers.-Chapter Eight.-Writing as Resistance – reclaiming space in sports journalism.-Chapter Nine.- Territories of form – positive exploitation and unexplored terrain.

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Lee McGowan is a senior lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast.  Kasey Symons is a Lecturer of Communication – Sports Media at Deakin University. Paddy Hoey is a senior lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication with International Relations and Politics at Liverpool John Moores University.  Elizabeth Ellison is Dean of Research for the Creative Academic Unit at the University of South Australia.

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