Fantasy and reality come together in sports and Jamie Dopp argues that nowhere is this blurring of the borders of reality more evident than in Canadian hockey. Using imagination as a unifying theme, Dopp offers in-depth analyses of key texts of hockey literature, with a focus on how these texts reveal the imaginative possibilities of the game. Popular texts like Stompin' Tom Connors' "The Hockey Song, " Scott Young's Scrubs on Skates trilogy, and Roch Carrier's The Hockey Sweater, as well as important literary texts like Bill Gaston's The Good Body, Cara Hedley's Twenty Miles, and Richard Wagamese's Indian Horse are examined. Dopp's analysis draws on literary history and methods and explores broader topics such as the role of imagination in human culture, the significance of play, the evolution of sport in Canada and elsewhere, the history of Canada, and the history and social significance of hockey.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Stompinâ Tom Versus Big Al: Two Imaginative Versions of the Game
- 2. The Fighting Soul of Hockey in Ralph Connorâs Glengarry School Days
- 3. Hugh MacLennan and the Two Solitudes of Hockey
- 4. Boys on the Defensive: The Hockey Myth in Scott Young
- 5. Belief and Doubt in Roch Carrierâs âThe Hockey Sweaterâ
- 6. Haunted by Bill Spunska: Roy MacGregorâs The Last Season
- 7. Blarneyâs Version: The Comic Spirit of Hockey in Paul Quarringtonâs King Leary
- 8. Hockey as a Gateway to the Underworld in Wayne Johnstonâs The Divine Ryans
- 9. Playing with the Hero in Richard Harrisonâs Hero of the Play
- 10. Hockey, Zen, and the Art of Bill Gastonâs The Good Body
- 11. Cara Hedleyâs Twenty Miles and the Challenge of the Hockey Barbie
- 12. The Faustian Bargain of the Athlete-Hero in Randall Maggsâs Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems
- 13. Richard Wagameseâs Indian Horse: Reimagining the Home Game
- Conclusion: Return to the Moon
- Publication Credits
- Index
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