Doran Bob
Doran Bob - Cricket In Poetry Run - Stealers Gatlings And Graces - Hardcover
Doran Bob - Cricket In Poetry Run - Stealers Gatlings And Graces - Hardcover
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Description: Cricket in Poetry tells the fascinating story of cricket's strong ties with poetry. It may be cricket's rural origins its slow pace or the literary ambitions of its aristocratic patrons but the game has inspired more poetry than any other. Some of it is moving some is funny and some is arch and clunky. Two poems stand out: Vitai Lampada and At Lord's. Both were penned by the sons of prosperous families. One poet Henry Newbolt was a toff. The other Francis Thompson was a religious writer and Jack the Ripper suspect. While the two were growing up county cricket was coming of age. The book charts the game's early days from the countryside of the south to the industrial towns and cities of the Midlands and the north. It recalls the famous matches W. G. Grace and Gloucestershire on their first visit to Old Trafford and the first Ashes Test. And it celebrates the heroes from Hornby and Barlow to Ranjitsinhji and the great victory calypsos of those 'two little pals' Ramadhin and Valentine.
Title: Cricket In Poetry Run - Stealers Gatlings And Graces
Author(s): Doran Bob
Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Barcode: 9781801506922
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 7/2/2024
Category: Cricket
Description: Cricket in Poetry tells the fascinating story of cricket's strong ties with poetry. It may be cricket's rural origins its slow pace or the literary ambitions of its aristocratic patrons but the game has inspired more poetry than any other. Some of it is moving some is funny and some is arch and clunky. Two poems stand out: Vitai Lampada and At Lord's. Both were penned by the sons of prosperous families. One poet Henry Newbolt was a toff. The other Francis Thompson was a religious writer and Jack the Ripper suspect. While the two were growing up county cricket was coming of age. The book charts the game's early days from the countryside of the south to the industrial towns and cities of the Midlands and the north. It recalls the famous matches W. G. Grace and Gloucestershire on their first visit to Old Trafford and the first Ashes Test. And it celebrates the heroes from Hornby and Barlow to Ranjitsinhji and the great victory calypsos of those 'two little pals' Ramadhin and Valentine.
Title: Cricket In Poetry Run - Stealers Gatlings And Graces
Author(s): Doran Bob
Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Barcode: 9781801506922
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 7/2/2024
Category: Cricket
